Reality has finally sunk in. Football is a religion in the Ishmael household. Sunday, we watch the Cowboys. Monday, we watch whoever is playing Monday Night Football or highlights from the weekend. Tuesday and Wednesday, I get to hear the highlights from Riverview practices. Thursday, Junior High football at Riverview. Friday, well of course Football Friday Night. We have Riverview and Eddie's gone all night. He sits in the press box and talks to the coaches. I would go and be the supportive wife, but I wouldn't have anyone to sit with. I know, silly huh? Anyway, once he gets home, we have to find out if Valley View and Highland won and other various schools around the state. Then Saturday finally comes around, we're either on the road to Jonesboro for the ASU game or we're watching games all day on TV.
FOOTBALL is EVERYWHERE!!!! It is all he talks about!
Friday, October 22, 2010
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Life as a Wife and Student
I wanted to update my loyal readers on the happenings in our little family since Eddie no longer works at the gas company. It has been wonderful with him being off much more these days. I missed him when he was gone. However, the draw back is that he is quite the distraction. Sometimes, my lovely husband, is quite the child. He gets bored easily and demands some entertainment. Since I'm in pharmacy school, it is sort of difficult to take a break and go do something fun and exciting when your "To Do List" keeps getting longer and longer. It's easy to get behind pretty quickly in this program. This week I'm playing catch-up from last week, learning about the heart, lipids, and fats- oh my!
One thing that has started that I've really enjoyed is teaching the 9th grade Sunday school class. Talk about a crowd that is hard to entertain!! I've tried to make the class as exciting as possible and I think it has worked out well the last couple of weeks. I bring candy and each one gets 2 pieces but they can't open it until the end of class because if they get called on to read and they don't know where we are, I make them give a piece back to me. The first week I did this, I got 2 pieces back. Last week, I didn't get any! Also, the book we have for this class is mostly about abstinence and chastity. I think that 9th grade is the perfect age for the topic, however, I've found that they get really bored with the same thing for an hour every week. My students had also complained a little bit about them not knowing much about the Bible and scripture. So my other idea was to have a separate lesson each week. It only takes about 5-10 minutes from each class. The unit that I have picked first is People of the Bible and right now were are learning about the 12 Apostles. Each week I ask questions from previous lessons and the student that get the right answer get points. I promised them a prize at the end of each unit and at the end of the year. I haven't quite figured out what the prize will be... but I'll think of something good. I think it'll encourage them to come and retain what I'm teaching them. We will see. I think I'll make another page on the blog to share what I'm doing in my Sunday school class in case anyone needs some ideas.
Funny Story- One of the classes this semester is Patient Assessment. This is by far- my least favorite class. Thank the Lord it is only one day a week. Each week we've been learning about different parts of a physical exam. At the end of the semester we have to perform one on a complete stranger for a grade. My biggest hang up so far has been the ears. I'm not sure why, but I have a phobia of ear wax. It's true. I am completely horrified of ear wax. It wasn't an issue on my dear, very clean friend, Kaci, who was my partner for practicing that day, but I think it may be an issue on this stranger we'll have to examine at the end of the semester. I don't really want to fail pharmacy school because of this patient assessment thing. I think there are two possibilities: 1 I'll get an A and move on with my life or 2 I'll fail miserably because of the physical exam grade, I'll need to reconsider my career choices and file bankruptcy for the school loans I have. :-/ I'll let you know what happens. Pray for option 1.
One thing that has started that I've really enjoyed is teaching the 9th grade Sunday school class. Talk about a crowd that is hard to entertain!! I've tried to make the class as exciting as possible and I think it has worked out well the last couple of weeks. I bring candy and each one gets 2 pieces but they can't open it until the end of class because if they get called on to read and they don't know where we are, I make them give a piece back to me. The first week I did this, I got 2 pieces back. Last week, I didn't get any! Also, the book we have for this class is mostly about abstinence and chastity. I think that 9th grade is the perfect age for the topic, however, I've found that they get really bored with the same thing for an hour every week. My students had also complained a little bit about them not knowing much about the Bible and scripture. So my other idea was to have a separate lesson each week. It only takes about 5-10 minutes from each class. The unit that I have picked first is People of the Bible and right now were are learning about the 12 Apostles. Each week I ask questions from previous lessons and the student that get the right answer get points. I promised them a prize at the end of each unit and at the end of the year. I haven't quite figured out what the prize will be... but I'll think of something good. I think it'll encourage them to come and retain what I'm teaching them. We will see. I think I'll make another page on the blog to share what I'm doing in my Sunday school class in case anyone needs some ideas.
Funny Story- One of the classes this semester is Patient Assessment. This is by far- my least favorite class. Thank the Lord it is only one day a week. Each week we've been learning about different parts of a physical exam. At the end of the semester we have to perform one on a complete stranger for a grade. My biggest hang up so far has been the ears. I'm not sure why, but I have a phobia of ear wax. It's true. I am completely horrified of ear wax. It wasn't an issue on my dear, very clean friend, Kaci, who was my partner for practicing that day, but I think it may be an issue on this stranger we'll have to examine at the end of the semester. I don't really want to fail pharmacy school because of this patient assessment thing. I think there are two possibilities: 1 I'll get an A and move on with my life or 2 I'll fail miserably because of the physical exam grade, I'll need to reconsider my career choices and file bankruptcy for the school loans I have. :-/ I'll let you know what happens. Pray for option 1.
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