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Author: deltasleep on January 09 2008

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--> So, starting next Monday I will be student teaching. I'll be done and finally have my degree around the beginning of May. It's a semester long internship. First half will be 5th grade, and I've not yet been told where I'll be for the second half.
So music is pretty much on hold until the summer...my schedule is 7:00am to 3:30PM teaching and then 5:45-10:45 work.
I thought I'd give you the heads up that I plan on blogging the experience as much as I can. This is mostly for my own benefit, but it might be entertaining to follow to some of you!
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01/09/08 + atum

sonds cool, i'm gonna get a bachelor in secondary ed. with major in music. my firend has the same degree now except he majored in english. he seems to like teaching highschools, but when we hang out he drinks like 3,4 scotches and leaves the bar drunk early so he can wake up in time for class

01/09/08 + Jim

Good luck!

Coincidentally, the guy who runs the famous Portland, OR Mystery Hole, Barron, is also a teacher. He was interviewed a while ago by the Portland Tribune and offers some crazy advice:

Tribune:...What different attitudes might you bring into classrooms?

Barron: In some ways I�m like an actor on stage and whatever my mood was before, that has to be secondary. That�s why I bring props and wear a costume for the act.

Tribune: Your costume?

Barron: The traditional jacket and tie.

Tribune: Awfully tricky for a guy who doesn�t believe in hierarchies. But then, you claim knowledge of certain subjugation tricks to keep the kids in line?

Barron: I can�t reveal my secrets here. They�re the same ones used by almost everyone, and once you recognize them you won�t fall for them.

Tribune: Let�s assume your students don�t read the Tribune?

Barron: Ideally subjugation is not necessary.

Tribune: Yeah, sure. But if it is?

Barron: They call the teacher Mr. or Ms. or Mrs. And we always call them by their first names. That�s a big one.

Tribune: Any more?

Barron: I get this out of a book on primates. The teacher is the alpha male in a baboon troupe. What do alpha males do? They keep their manes well-groomed. They settle disputes. And they reassure the rest of the troupe.

Tribune: Have any students offered to groom your mane?

Barron: Humans groom each other all the time, symbolically rather than physically. �Hi, good morning, how are you?� That�s grooming. It serves the same function as �May I pick mites out of your hair?�

Tribune: But for the record, do you have mites in your hair?

Barron: No. But baboons probably don�t have mites either. It�s symbolic for them as well.

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01/09/08 + tantan

Awesome Dave, hope it goes well! Good luck! I remember one particularly hot student teacher when I was in 9th grade, might have been English class... I suppose that memory's not relevant to your post at all. I look forward to your blog!

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01/09/08 + Risso

I'm just about to start on a teaching degree, I'll certainly follow your blog