Mr. Pollard and CFR

Hey everyone, and thanks for continuing to read my blog, learning about my internship experiences.

Four weeks have passed since the start of internship (or there abouts) and things are going really, really well.  It is proving to be a completely rewarding and positive experience, I have zero complaints.  The following sentence goes without saying:  Teaching is BUSY.  There is virtually no downtime and when there is I make sure that I take full advantage of it, at home on the couch just merely relaxing.  And life is good.

The teaching part of this experience has been very eventful.  I’m feeling as though I’m getting the hang of how routines roll and just how the high-school life operates, since it has been so long since I’ve been in a high-school in any capacity (since 2000, actually, other than the small pre-internship stint which I’m sure you’ve all read about here on my lovely blog).  And, wouldn’t you know it, I’m getting used to it and loving every minute.

I’m teaching an IP10 class right now on my own and it’s going super well.  I’ve finished the Computer Technology and Keyboarding by Touch units – the students have their unit test tomorrow, actually.  I’m starting Word Processing with them next week.  As I mentioned before, I created a wiki for the class and we use it regularly.  Each student has created a blog of their own and make regular entries (please read and comment, if possible ) which was an exciting experience because none of them had ever remotely heard of a blog before so it was rewarding in the respect that I KNEW that I taught them something.  Satisfaction kicked in, and it felt good.

I’ve also been teaching lessons in Career and Work Exploration 20 in period five, and things are going well there too.  They’re a more challenging group in terms of classroom management but they’re pretty good kids for the most part.  Definitely a learning experience that I’m happy to have since my IP10 class has no issues whatsoever; I felt as though I would have experienced some sort of ‘disservice’ if I has no classroom management issues occurred.  I needed the challenge because these types of things will be inevitable in the future; we all know that.

I’m picking up a second IP10 class next week (starting the Word Processing unit with both classes at once makes me happy) and will also pick up Entrepreneurship 30 in period 1 and Accounting 30 in period 5 at the start of October.  Things will evidently pick up in pace at that time, and I’m excited for it like nothing else.  Keep reading for more updates in the future.

In other news, I completely and entirely appreciate and love my workout joint, CrossFit Regina.  I started going regularly (3x per week) in July and have been improving in health and physical ability ever since.  So far, I’ve lost around 15 pounds and have toned muscles I didn’t even know I had.  For the month of September CFR is challenging its members to eat a Paleo Diet.  We can eat lean meats, seafood, vegetables, fruits and nuts.  No grains, dairy, legumes, processed foods.  It’s the best thing I’ve ever done for myself, I think.  I feel great, have more energy and am losing the weight that I never wanted in the first place.  Will I continue on this diet after this month’s challenge is over?  Absolutely.  Although, I will have to have a plate of pasta from time to time (it’s my favorite food in the entire world) and perhaps some ice cream for dessert on occasion, too.  But, no more processed foods, deep fried junk, unnecessary garbage.  My body wasn’t made for that crap so why would I force it to fight with it?  Doesn’t sound very fair to me…

Anyhow, I encourage you to check out the CFR website (link is above), and you could always come to do your first workout for free just to see if its for you or not.  I highly recommend it, workouts are short and sweet although they’re ALWAYS a challenge.  No more “3 rounds of 10″.  Now it’s “five rounds of 50 pushups, 50 situps, 50 wallball, 50 box jumps, and a 1 km run” okay, perhaps that’s a bit of a hyperbole, but check the site – they’re intense workouts!  Oh, and Kelly Clarkson does CrossFit. 

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