2nd day of snooze

Monday was my second day observing, and so far its been a bore =) Observing the teacher, class, and classroom isnt boring, it just happened that Wednesday the stuedents were working online, so there wasnt much to observe. Monday the local high school conselors came to describe EACH and EVERY class offered to the freshman. I also was mistaken for an 8th grader not once, but twice. O yeah. So we sat and listened to them talk for an hour. Not too much fun, but I did notice a few things. I noticed the difference between high schools here and near the city. The HS offered many classes dealing with agriculture. Because of the location, this seems like an obvious part of the cirriculum, but I had never thought about it before. I doubt there are high schools in Chicago that offer agriculture classes. Someone from the city probably wouldnt take an agriculture class until college. I also noticed that the students had 3 different options for their cirriculum. They can have a normal schedule with 50 min. classes, a block schedule, or a combo schedule. It surprised me that the students had a choice. Another difference I noticed was at Kingsley. The students there work in teams; the teachers also cooperate and discuss tests etc. so that the students arent overwhelmed with too many things at once. Im not sure if I have ever heard of that. I am trying to find more info about it from my cooperating teacher.

We were also BRIEFLY introduced to the students right before we left. I was unsure of how much information to give away right off the bat so I just kept it simple. They probably wont remember our names on wednesday. Once we get to interact with them more, things will pick up. They have the IL constitution test on Thursday, so Wednesday will most likely be a lot of review =\ My coop teacher was a little snippy with me and Jordan on Monday. She seems to get along with the students very well, but she seems somewhat immature? Hopefully I just get to know her better.