1st week of Training

So I've had 2 days of educational training thus far, and they were like night and day. My first day was actually the final day of First Year Teachers training. Right when I entered, they were blasting Ricky Martin's "Livin' La Vida Loca" and other hyper pop hits of the early 2000s with a crazy Hawaiian Luau decoration theme. I couldn't help but laugh at how over the top things were. The next thing I noticed was just how many "newbies" there were; I estimate about 50 new hires for the entire district. Everyone was so young, the majority of people in their mid-late twenties. It was really cool meeting people in my table. There was one guy who was from Holland (the country), who met and married his wife who was from Holland, MI. He's starting as a spanish teacher in 4th grade. Crazy right?

Anyways, I won't bore you with details, but I LOVED all the info being presented, and actually took a ton of notes. It was really inspiring to see teachers so willing to welcome and impart their hard-earned lessons so freely.

Contrast that session with today's complete waste of time. Other than learning about how awesome Smartboards are (imagine whiteboards that kinda do what Tom Cruise's computer did in Minority Report), the day was a complete wash. Most of the programs and seminars I attended taught me nothing but how technologically illiterate old people are. Today was predominately the seasoned veterans (with a handful of new hires who missed previous training days like me) who needed professional development hours.

I think a large part of the turn off for today was the fact that I couldn't really participate b/c I still hadn't received login information, but even still, I felt like I knew more than many of the instructors and I was merely rotting away 7 hours of my life.

I think the highlight of the day was eating lunch at Chik- Fil-A. Spicy Chicken combo... soooo gooooood.