Cannon's Journal

Cannon 2006 said:
More than anything I miss talking to adults at work and spend my time talking to 7th graders--man that's a lot of attitude. Somedays I want to be anything, but a teacher and somedays I don't want to do anything else.

One week to go!!
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I'm pretty good at pretending to be 7th grader... lol
(even tho I am already 27):rotflmao: Call on me whenever u miss that feeling. :)

Remember to call the gym this week and let us know how it goes! :)
 
I hope this week goes well for you Cannon, and good luck setting up gym time. Are you still going to find some sort of weight training routine?
 
Yeah, that would definitely be hard talking to 7th graders all day! My wife teaches 3rd graders, but she's totally corny herself, so she loves it.

Have a great week, Cannon!
 
2 rough days, 2 days of meetings, 1 hour of sitting around, 2 months of freedom. I can do this. I think my weight loss needs this shot in the arm too.
 
Cannon 2006 said:
Having become a teacher later in life, there are things that are great and things that I miss. I love the 2 months off (Roughly from mid-June until mid-August) that we get. That time really gives me a chance to work on me. I hate Sunday when I'm trying to get all the usual errands done plus another 5 or 6 hours of school work. I miss the independence I had in my other job and the ability to go to the bathroom when I wanted to. I like the shorter day, but I hate having 2 or 3 hours work to do when I get home from an 8-3:30 day with 20 minutes for lunch. More than anything I miss talking to adults at work and spend my time talking to 7th graders--man that's a lot of attitude. Somedays I want to be anything, but a teacher and somedays I don't want to do anything else.
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This was a great statement :):):)!!! I use to be a preschool indstructor...I did that for 5 years and I loved it but I felt as you said up there...it was insaintity but it was great - I also managed and ran a before and after school care program and ya age groups form 5 - 13 ouchie now that is a group of attitude as well :):):)

I wanted to comment on the other teacher you were bitching abt and how she was told in front of the other teachers to not to d that - LOL - you get what ya give hey - good on the prinicipal for doing that !!! Karma is such a bitch :D:D:D
 
I really do use those 2 months well. It was the groundwork I laid last summer that has me still working on the weight now. Without the stress of a job, when you can spend your time focusing on you, you can accomplish an awful lot.

I did leave out one bad part of teaching. Sometimes people will say something to me like "you get rewarded in other ways" usually when they're feeling guilty about the ammount of money they make. I never have figured out what those ways are. If its the eternal grattitude of 7th graders, I wasn't grateful when I was in 7th grade either. It takes a long time for you to see the success stories and most of the time you never see them. On the other hand, when a student is handed a setback you do hear about it :(. I just heard today that one of my former students--a good student in a bad class two years ago is now pregnant at 15. She was never very boy crazy or sophisticated so I really am wondering what happenned. I know its not the end of the world--there are some amazing moms on this board who had their children very young and I know some in the "real world" as well, but I am still sad that this girl is going to face this burden.
 
I understand, Cannon.
My temperment is better suited for the wine indusry than the school system, but I really look up to teachers--and you :)

If you want something quick to read, I posted an article "On Topic" about binge-eating.
 
Cannon 2006 said:
Having become a teacher later in life, there are things that are great and things that I miss. I love the 2 months off (Roughly from mid-June until mid-August) that we get. That time really gives me a chance to work on me. I hate Sunday when I'm trying to get all the usual errands done plus another 5 or 6 hours of school work. I miss the independence I had in my other job and the ability to go to the bathroom when I wanted to. I like the shorter day, but I hate having 2 or 3 hours work to do when I get home from an 8-3:30 day with 20 minutes for lunch. More than anything I miss talking to adults at work and spend my time talking to 7th graders--man that's a lot of attitude. Somedays I want to be anything, but a teacher and somedays I don't want to do anything else.

One week to go!!
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I taught high school when I was younger. After a while I decided that finding my moods swinging up and down with the kids' was making me feel too much like a teenager myself, so I hunted down a position with toilet privileges, weekends off and the odd long lunch! Memories....

You are sooo close to holiday time! It will be great for you!! :)
 
Not much to say today. My food hasn't been very good this week. My exercise has been. I need to refocus so this summer break is hitting at exactly the right time.
 
Hi Cannon. I bet you can count the hours until school's done -- I know that's how Marlene's thinking (over on Wed. for her). She's going to increase her exercise program during summer, because she walks about 5 miles a day in the classroom. Last summer, she forgot that, and gained about 7 pounds over the summer.

It's great your exercise program is going well. congrats.
 
Howdy Cannon,
I commend you for being a great teacher.I have the most
respect for teachers now as a teen I used to give them hell now being a parent and seeing my daughter struggle and me trying to help her with school work I don't have the patience or ability to make her learn something,it is tough in many ways.If I were to ever become a techer I think being a kindergarden-2nd grade would be fun, some of the teens around here I wouldn't be able to handle there mouths to teach highschool lol.Hope you have a nice day and remember it is REFOCUSING DAY,Tammy
 
Today wasn't refocusing day :(. It wasn't horrible, but it could have been better. I just got home from work and I'm exhausted. Oh well I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I will refocus.
 
I'm so jealous!! You're done this week????? Wah!!! I have until next Friday! *sob* I can't wait for this school year to end.

I find that the rewarding moments of teaching come at the strangest times--and more than likely it's not going to come directly from a student saying 'You're the best'. Today for example---and this has only happened one other time in my eleven year teaching career---I had my first grade munchkins and I bribed them with 'sing these 3 songs than we can go outside and play'. So, they're singing the first song and they're having a great time, they're doing the hand motions and singing their little hearts out... *so cute* We sing the second song, again *way cute* Singing the last song... the rocker D.A.R.E. song that uses sign language and a great beat....middle of the song, kids singing and boppin' to the beat, sign language goin' and all of a sudden it hits me---that 1 second of complete joy. Not happiness, big difference...pure joy. I got the goose bumps on my arms, a huge smile on my face, and I almost cried. Those are the moments to remember. Bliss, complete bliss.
 
Hi Cannon, I am new here and just checking out the journals. It is very motivating to see someone such as yourself that has done so well and is still at it. I just started a journal as well, good luck to you, you have done so great this far. I haven't read your entire journal just skimmed, 128 pages is great. Do you post in it every day, do you have any suggestions about how a newbie can use a journal as a motivator?
 
Kaitie-that does sound pretty cool. I'm really burned out at this point because this is the whiniest, sneakiest, most annoying class I've had. I have had kids who were in more trouble, but I could respect them. A lot of my students this year are just destined to be the person who always kills a good mood when they grow up. It sounds like you had an exceptional class today and I have had some moments like that, just not that many this year. I am thrilled to have this summer off. If I didn't switch jobs, I wouldn't.

Arch--I don't post everyday, but I try to. The support I get on here is a huge help and so is writing things down. What I wrote today about the stress of my job sure doesn't sound diet related, but venting here is a substitute to a pint of Ben & Jerry's. I will tell you I notice that when I get away from posting my weight loss suffers and when I am faithful to it, my loss improves. On Sunday I will have been posting here for a year. You sure accumulate some posts in that time. Some great supporters who are still losing weight and some who have helped me towards my goal even as some of them have been derailed from theirs.
 
THere's a contact lens called 'Focus Daily'. :p (ok ok... dats not funny).

Hope u get your rest tonite and wake up to a refreshed and energised day!
 
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