How or where to begin...
Well it is just after 8pm on Tuesday evening, June 15th, 2010. For the past three weeks, I've been a long-term sub; well 4 weeks is long term for me! I've been substituting at Watkins Glen High for a teacher's assistant, who works with Special Ed. students. Now I am just proctoring Regents exams and helping other teachers with tedious end of the year tasks to lighten their load. I never imagined subbing a lot this past year in the High School and seeing the Class of 2010 on their way out into the Real World. It was just five years ago, I did the same. I don't like to say being equal to but it's been quite the trip working along side my former high school teachers in which have been co-workers of my parents, and which I'd like to call "extended family".
This past Sunday was the 64th annual American Theater Wing's TONY Awards, celebrating the Best of the Best of Live Theater. As many would say, maybe this season or just the awards show was quite distasteful. I am not an expert to say but maybe it was an Off season for NY Theater. There's a breed of new faces with new, and revived works of course. I would go on, and on about specifics but I can't quite seem to put the words together as I see fit, and that would make sense!
I am listening to the New Broadway cast recording of Stephen Sondheim's, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC.
This freelance is not going anywhere... work, and theater! Well, speaking of work and theater, I do have some projects to be working on! I will be staging a community theater production of Gilbert & Sullivan's PIRATES of PENZANCE, and I will be choreographing the musical, FOOTLOOSE for a local high school.
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Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Friday, January 4, 2008
Broadway Barks!
As I'm here substitute teaching in the HS... I had a free period, and turned on Animal Planet. There is a program on about 'Broadway Barks' in which I'm just in heaven watching. 'Broadway Barks' is an annual event held by Broadway actors working to find homes for abandoned animals. Just one of many things the Broadway community does to help this world of ours.
Friday, December 21, 2007
After a weekend of theater!
WINTER BREAK continued...
After a weekend of theater, I found my wake-up call. Luckly, I had to report to the job at 12 noon so it wasn't all that bad.
Monday December 17th was my first day ever 'Substitute teaching'. My duty was to be the timeout/disciplinarian at a local elementary school. It was quite interesting, cute, and fun. The cute part about it is when dealing with the children with the problems that were sent to me was that they first didn't want to admit why they were seeing me. I talked things through with them, and did my best to set the troubled youth back on track - trying to change the youth of today at age 21... oh geez. I just was laughing inside in how simplistic the incidents seemed, it was a big deal in the Elementary School spectrum, and I just knew I couldn't tear a kid apart. As I said, I did the best I could with each case.
Tuesday, I was called in to be a Teacher's Assistant in the Special Ed department of the High School. Working in the High School was a breeze for me and quite akward - working among my former High School teachers, and family friends... for my parents are educators. On the way into school - driving with my mother who worked in the building, I mentioned that they should come up with another name for 'Special Ed'... like for instance Innovative Learning. I just felt it sounded so much better for the good of things. I basically just sat around... I had to attend Mr. O'Kane's English 11 class... in which I was in that same classroom doing the same exact work 4 years ago. The whole class was in a daze, some sleeping... just how I felt as a student of his. Re-visiting his classroom, I had a whole different perspective on his teachings. He's passionate about what he does, and tries his best to motivate the students and I just wanted to slap the students across silly for not appreciating what a great teacher he truly is.
Friday, I was back at the Elementary school being Mr. Disciplinarian, on the day before the Holiday break. I thought it was going to be a quiet day... but some kids were on that naughty list of Santa's.
After a full day at the Elementary school, I went shopping with my mother. I hadn't had a nap and here I'm still going. I have no idea if a career in Education is in my future but I'm fortunate to be substitute teaching and getting a little feel about it while working on my degree in Dance. I won't be able to do theater and dance all my life. I need to find my other outlets of interest and Education could just be it, after all having my mother and father being educators ... it just seems like a good fit for me to fall into. Who knows...
That's all for now.
Ciao.
After a weekend of theater, I found my wake-up call. Luckly, I had to report to the job at 12 noon so it wasn't all that bad.
Monday December 17th was my first day ever 'Substitute teaching'. My duty was to be the timeout/disciplinarian at a local elementary school. It was quite interesting, cute, and fun. The cute part about it is when dealing with the children with the problems that were sent to me was that they first didn't want to admit why they were seeing me. I talked things through with them, and did my best to set the troubled youth back on track - trying to change the youth of today at age 21... oh geez. I just was laughing inside in how simplistic the incidents seemed, it was a big deal in the Elementary School spectrum, and I just knew I couldn't tear a kid apart. As I said, I did the best I could with each case.
Tuesday, I was called in to be a Teacher's Assistant in the Special Ed department of the High School. Working in the High School was a breeze for me and quite akward - working among my former High School teachers, and family friends... for my parents are educators. On the way into school - driving with my mother who worked in the building, I mentioned that they should come up with another name for 'Special Ed'... like for instance Innovative Learning. I just felt it sounded so much better for the good of things. I basically just sat around... I had to attend Mr. O'Kane's English 11 class... in which I was in that same classroom doing the same exact work 4 years ago. The whole class was in a daze, some sleeping... just how I felt as a student of his. Re-visiting his classroom, I had a whole different perspective on his teachings. He's passionate about what he does, and tries his best to motivate the students and I just wanted to slap the students across silly for not appreciating what a great teacher he truly is.
Friday, I was back at the Elementary school being Mr. Disciplinarian, on the day before the Holiday break. I thought it was going to be a quiet day... but some kids were on that naughty list of Santa's.
After a full day at the Elementary school, I went shopping with my mother. I hadn't had a nap and here I'm still going. I have no idea if a career in Education is in my future but I'm fortunate to be substitute teaching and getting a little feel about it while working on my degree in Dance. I won't be able to do theater and dance all my life. I need to find my other outlets of interest and Education could just be it, after all having my mother and father being educators ... it just seems like a good fit for me to fall into. Who knows...
That's all for now.
Ciao.
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