Screwed up royally

I had four classes today and half of those, I would lead. So it was a chance for me to show off some of the cool stuff that I had planned to do for the 11th graders.

The first class was with 9th grade yuri and this wouldn’t be my last class with them because I have another one with them next week. We had the test on Directions today. We also had some parents come by and check it out.

The second class I had today was with 7th grade ume and we worked on English Olympics, which is what CP came up with for a review program.

I ate lunch really quickly and headed to the LL to get everything set up, since my class would start about 15 minutes later. But I guess that it wasn’t enough time to get things setup. For some reason, I had everything in place, but I couldn’t get anything to show up on the screen. I know that it was the settings that was the problem and I didn’t have enough time to adjust it and make it correct before class started, so I had to do it the ghetto way.

5th period with 11th grade yuri would be my last one with them. They started going into the class early and I was distracted with the setup and couldn’t finish it on time. So I ended up writing it on the board. I didn’t like that since it made things harder for them and for me. I used the computer anyways, and thought that I could fix the problem before the next class, but that never materialized. I think that the students still enjoyed it since it was a fun game (English Jeopardy) and many students participated. I even gave out awards at the end and made my announcement that I would be leaving the school and Japan this summer. It was a bit sad, but I was still pissed that I couldn’t get it to work.

During the break, I was still working on it, but more students kept on going in the room and I was again distracted, but it was students from the class that normally is there, since I asked to have them move to a different location. I still wasn’t able to get it to work though. I think that it was really regretful since parents from the open school came last period and checked it out. It made me look bad, which is really rare and the worst way to end my career at the school. So I was pissed off that I had blown my best opportunity to impress everyone and even myself. This class, 11th grade fuji was struggling with everything though. I really had to go really slow and get them to participate because they simply didn’t know. They really aren’t the sharpest tools in the shed, and that’s a sad fact. They are indeed a very special class. And I didn’t get much help from the assistant teacher since her English isn’t the highest of quality either. So that was how I ended my classes with these students. I was miserable and fucked up royally. The part that really really pissed me off was after the class, I was able to solve the problem. And it was a very simple thing that I missed too and it would have worked for both of the previous classes.

I stayed after school like usual and stayed there really late. I started cleaning out my desk and getting ready to leave the school and I wanted to return all my books and stuff. So I brought all of it to the department chair and just went there back and forth dropping miscellaneous things off. I made disks and extra copies for things that I think they will need for the next semester and for years ahead since I won’t be there. I had the foresight to include things that I know they need but they don’t quite realize it yet.

I had dinner at Yoshinoya since it was late and I needed a quick meal before I got home. It was a bit hot and I left my computer at school. I figured that I didn’t need it tonight since I was tired as hell and was sleeping on the way home too. I have been spending too much of my energy and I really feel fatigued. It has been a bit too much for my body this week. I came home and pretty much died right there. I wanted to catch the soccer game on TV, but doubt that I did, since I don’t remember it.