Things have been busy the past couple weeks, although I did have a tiny lull in schoolwork last weekend which was fantastic. But it was over too quickly and schoolwork is going to once again consume my life.

The funny thing is that it's not my grad classes that are taking up so much time, but my German class. I love the class, but I have it four days a week and because language learning's a challenge for me I spend a good two hours every day doing homework. By the time I'm done with it I've no brain power left for doing the readings for my concentration. Right now my goal is to get through the written assignments that are due and maybe someday I'll catch up on all the reading I have to do.

I've still not decided how I feel about my program. I'm enjoying spending my Friday morning at a local high school observing (and sometimes being asked to help out) but my classes themselves are a bit meh. I understand the why behind what I'm taking, but some of it's quite dry or conversely too touchy feely, that I get a little turned off. But with that said, in my Development & Diversity class (I'm still trying to figure out the point of the class) last night we spent the class on talking about kids with special needs and it was the most enjoyable class I've had so far this semester. I never thought I had the temperment to work with kids with special needs, but I'm starting to wonder if there's a way I can combine working with them and still doing ESL. It's something I'm going to have to start looking into.

I found a new blog Your Mama's Mad Tedious: Diary of a Special Ed Teacher. If you can check it out, she's got a lot of amazing things to say.