The weekend was lovely. We went to Donegal as a group, which was great despite the cloudy weather. Donegal is a neighbor county that is part of the Republic of Ireland or 'the South' as they say. It is an absolutely beautiful countryside covered with rolling hills of green and the charming stone fences that trace them. Even on a cloudy day it is easy to recognize how breath-taking the land is in Donegal. We spent the rainiest part of the day taking a tour through a replica of a 'famine village.' It was a fascinating wee place where a tour guide led us through a little village set up to show what the famine times were like as well as educate each group about famine and poverty in the world today. It was haunting and inspiring at the same time, as the message of education and global awareness was stressed throughout the entire tour.
It made for a great weekend.
Today was interesting and left me admittedly a little disgruntled. Early in the day, i led a lesson to the year 11's (equivalent to our 9th or 10th grade) that went really well and made me feel really encouraged about what it might be like to be a real teacher one day. However at the very end of the day, the lesson I led to the year 10's (our 8th or 9th) went miserably. (What is a journal if it's not honest, right?)
I can already pick out various reasons why the last lesson didn't go well- I tried to fit too much into the lesson, I wasn't well enough prepared for the wide variety of abilities in the classroom, I tried to satisfy too many opinions, etc.
On the plus side, the weather is great today and tomorrow is another chance for me to try to fix the things that went wrong today.
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