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I find it amusing that I don't notice I'm stressed until I get symptoms. I am incapable of reading the state of my own mind until I'm veering between fighting off tears and giggling in a high pitched and worryingly manic fashion when on the phone with soupytwist.

Sorry, soupytwist.

I want to be writing and I want to be watching the THREE SG:A episodes I have yet to watch, now, but I seem kinda incapable of planning lessons until the Last Possible Moment. But I have vaguely planned out most of the rest of the lessons I have to do before Christmas; general concepts I will be teaching if not the actual content. So that's nice. I just can't help but think I'm a crap teacher. I'm unable to think of what I want to teach the kidlets as opposed to how I'm going to teach them. And the how without the what? KINDA IMPOSSIBLE. I need to retrain my brain and it's difficult to remember to do that what with all the other stuff I need to be thinking about.

Sigh.

I need to make up a list of rules on how to plan lessons and laminate 'em and stick 'em up on my wall, only I know I'd just forget to put in the most important ones.

Loads o' you guys have teacherly experience and thoughts and general wisdom - what should go on my 'how to plan and be organised and be sort of awesome' list?

Comments

[soupytwist.livejournal.com]

Heyhey, I don't mind, I just hope it helped a little.

I think the main thing for your list is DON'T PANIC.

And I have a present for you for whenever you have done for the day: J-Flan the Man (http://chase-acow.livejournal.com/146858.html#cutid1).

[villainny.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure I can handle another six months of this, sweet. Seriously.

It's gonna get easier, right?

And THANK YOU. He is so very, very pretty.