April 8, 2002
so saturday morning was a bit of a disaster. i had kaplan that day, but
because i was busy the entire previous day, i was unable to prepare
adequately. i know, shame on me. im not justifying my actions, just
recounting what happened. so i went into my kaplan class a bit
underprepared, but for the most part, it went ok, until the final
section-sentence completion. for some reason i have the hardest time
explaining those. so im starting to work through the material, when,
with about 30min left in the class, one of my supervisors walks in to do
a pop-quiz like observation of my teaching. i could have died right
there. i kinda wish i did so he wouldnt have had to see the tragedy that
was my teaching. it was pretty much the worst class i ever taught, and
his presence did not help at all. i could tell he was writing down all
this stuff, probably how i should get fired so i wont hurt Kaplan's
reputation any further as a respectable SAT prepping company. sad.
the funny thing is that that morning, as i was getting ready and
rushing off to class, i was thinking, "i wonder if kaplan does
teacher evaluations. if they do them, i sure hope no one comes in
today." funny how things work, eh? anyway, i have a meeting with my
supervisors tomorrow. im pretty much expecting the worst--unlikely that
i will get fired, but they'll probably tell me, harshly, stuff like
"prepare your lesson before you teach it" and "remember those 5 weeks of
training and everything we taught you during that time, and dont break
all, if any of the rules like you did in 30 minutes of being observed."
sad. but again, im bracing for the worst--i find that i am usually
pleasantly surprised when i expect teh most terrible thing that can
happen. trust me it works-i do it all the time for essays and midterms.
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