Wednesday January 19, 2005
Zach’s first day as a Graduate Teaching Assistant today. He said it went well, but it felt really strange to be the one at the front of the room with people coming to him for questions and raising their hands for him to call on. It looks like he is basically going to be a massively underpaid teacher this semester since he is supposed to lecture and not just answer questions. He will be great at it. One of the classes he is a student in has only 8 people in it right now.
Zane went to his art class today. Big surprise, he had problems staying in his seat. He was the youngest person in the class it seems, and there are only 4 kids. This will be interesting. Today they did playdoh for a while and then watercolors. The brushes they gave them were the really small brushes though and Zane was having problems since it doesn’t hold much paint. I guess I need to give him smaller brushes at home so he can get used to that…I always give him those fat “kid friendly” brushes. He did do really well with the playdoh though. He is doing better at waiting his turn to use things too instead of just grabbing them…that is good.
I am just exhausted, so I really don’t feel like writing any more. It was a good day though.
Did they really expect him to stay in his seat? At his age? Couldn’t they paint with their feet on a roll of butcher paper on the floor? That would take care of art and p.e!
Actuallly, I think the fact that the only classes he has ever taken there were p.e. type things is why we had a hard time getting him to stay in his seat. It takes place in a ballet studio, so I don’t forsee them doing any trully messy crafts, which sort of defeats the purpose in my opinion. After this session, I am going to look into going to the center for the arts in town.