The Gauntlet of Model School

So this week I began my first totale autonyme in-class teaching. For my first training group I have been handed 4ème A which is definitely a challenge. First things first, its Geologie. Now I don't know about you guys but the last time I had a geology class I was in the 8th grade. Its good training though because I will be having to teach it at site and really nailing the differences between ingnée métamorphique et sédimentaire before I get shipped off will be sure to help me. Also 4ème A is probly the most unruly of all the model school classes. While only numbering about 60 kids, is still about 60 percent bandits. The outlaws that compose the class know no fear and can smell uncertain teaching and shoddy french about 8 miles away. I started out this week a little too bold. I was totally in love with the notion of introducing critical reasoning and empirical thought to a land that seems to value facts over concepts. Unfortunately I was quick to understand that without class room stability you have nothing. My first couple classes were really well put together and really encouraging of critical thinking (I had tons of analogies and connections, I might add that I basically threw the text book in the garbage for them too- its a poorly written piece of shit that has no regard for logical form) but my in class delivery was way too soft. However, all that changed on Thursday. I told about 7 of my secondary ed bros that I was laying down the law that day so I got a whole crew of people of to come and observe me instill respect into the unruly mob. Not only did I just look super pissed the whole time (according to my fellow teachers) but I earned the award for being the first person in Stage to kick someone out of class. Unsurprisingly, on Friday they were quiet and attentive. On top of this, i managed to over the course of the week teach them about the formation of basalte and the mind blowing notion of how we're all floating on a sea of molten rock. They also got the connection that silice poor lava flows have different viscosity that silice rich ones, and also yeild different rocks. All in all Im really proud of my class. Im giving them a test on Thursday so hopefully they do well on it. Friday's class is devoted entirely to them stating objections to my test and me responding. Hopefully that goes smoothly. I am tempted to make the test a little easier to accommodate that but we'll see.
Till next