Arizona / Last Post

Living in Arizona is bittersweet, at least when it comes to the weather. The majority of the year is awesome, more specifically this time of year is awesome. I love waking up to crisp autumn air for months, while not having to dread a winter storm. On the other hand, I am not too big of a fan of heat weather. I become a disgruntled resident throughout the summer. It really feels like it just keep getting hotter and hotter every year.

Side note: This is my last post! If anyone has been following my posts throughout the semester, I hope it wasn't too brutal and thank you for taking the time to read my rants.

Ian

Student Cross Walk

A fellow teacher explained to me an interesting issue the school has been dealing with since it opened 10 years ago. The school I am interning at is positioned near a fairly large and busy intersection. Generally right around the time school starts and the time school ends is when the traffic gets busier. The other fact about the location of this school is that it is located in Gilbert, but the intersection contains the cities of Gilbert, Mesa, Chandler and Maricopa County.

When the school was first build, the cities agreed to build a raised cross walk so the children could cross the street without dealing with the busy street. 10 years, later is has never been built. The cities were never able to agree upon how to split the cost of the project up. It's a shame.

Disciplining Student

Discipling Students? I have run into this situation a few times since I started my internship. Should I discipline the students or not? The teacher is not always looking and in the more "interesting" classes the students try to push what they can get away with as often as possible.

Even though I am not a teacher, because I am an "adult" the kids treat me as one. So when the kids start acting crazy right around me I am never sure what to do.

Thankfully, I have only had to step in and tell the kids to calm down only a handful of times and it has not been a reoccurring problem.

Lunch Problem

Every day I run into the same problem, where to go to lunch? It's not that there are no restaurants around the school or that I'm a picky eater; the problem is that they are all chain fast food and restaurants.

Trying to find a coffee shop took me a good 45 mins the first day. I was finally able to find one that was 5 miles away from the school!

Thankfully I have figured out all of my coffee and food situations since the first few days of class.

Fire Drill

Today I survived my first fire drill. The class was spending the day in the library, so their fire drill exit route was a bit different then the usual drill. Other then that it was just an average fire drill. The kids found a dead bird and were screwing around with it until one of the teachers started yelling at the kids.

All in all it was a successful fire drill.