Week 1 Complete

One week down, four to go. I didn't expect the first week to be so hard. This won't be a very long post because I have a ton of stuff to do. But here's a few notes, sorry if I've posted them before:

-I'm teaching 7th Grade Social Studies (Texas History) starting TOMORROW! Ahhh.
-I work in a collaborative with three other corps members. Each of us has our own class, so we'll all be doing different things, but all of us have our own unique ideas and systems as well
-This past week has been all about establishing authority and acting assertively in the classroom
-We have also been learning the content of our subject area, because none of us are from Texas or particularly knowledgeable about the history of Texas
-Yesterday I got to hang out with Caitlin and her fellow NASA friends, which was really fun. Her friends are all really sweet and welcoming, and we had a blast hanging out around Houston and going to the Astros game. I was exhausted, but it was amazing to get off campus and get away from TFA for a while. We have been eating, sleeping, learning, etc. together for the past week, and it was good to get away.
-For the next four weeks, we will continue our schedule at the school from 7 AM - 4 PM (bus departs at 6:30 AM, hurray! Last week it was 6:15 AM), but we will also be teaching and doing professional development. So we won't be in sessions from 7 - 4, like this week. We will still have sessions, but only for part of the day.
-There are also optional and required events at night. Soon we will be starting learning groups, and special education has a learning group, so I will be attending those as much as possible. Because of time constraints, we haven't learned about special education at our schools, so the special ed. teachers are all getting really nervous--we want to learn what to do when we get to our schools!