Not Feeling Well

Whenever I'm not feeling too great with my health and am feeling a bit under the weather, I tend to get really emotional- whether that be really angry or really upset. I just got really upset.... Over not being able to find plain paper.

I wanted to get home and get things printed and put in my folder to make it up to date before I went to the cinema with my friends and first I had to change 2 of the inks for it to print one page and then be told that I had to change another. I got a little frustrated at this. But then I ran out of paper and I know we have a pack of paper around here somewhere but I couldn't find it. I rang my Mum up twice to ask her and she didn't know either. And so, because my back hurts, I'm cold, I've got a headache and generally feel like crap, I got angry and then I started to cry... Over not being able to find plain paper?!

I really don't know- I'm such a weird specimen of a person.

Anyway, that is my little quick blog before I go out to the cinema. Let's hope I feel better, eh?!

xxx

Mean Teacher

Today, my nice cap needed to come off when teaching. I was doing a mental maths test with 5 of my glorious students who decided it was the right time to talk... During a test.

I told them numerous times to stop talking, warning them that if they didn't change their behaviour, I would give them a zero on their test because they were talking and therefore technically cheating. I put the ball in their court after the second warning and they didn't listen. By the end of it, I stopped talking whenever they tried to initiate any conversation with me choosing to only speak to say the question.

They still carried on talking and so when they finished, I informed them that they were getting a zero mark on their test and to go and explain to their teacher why they got zero.

I didn't like it. I hate being mean to my students especially when the marks are recorded but I gave them the choice and they are now old enough to know what is right and wrong. They know when they should be quiet and listen to me.

I think it gave them a little wake up call that I wouldn't be a push over and I would actually follow through with what I say.

I want nice teacher to come back now!

Motivational Monday #46

Here we go:

You can't have a bad day when you've got this little cutie smiling at you.

You're most welcome for that happiness you feel in your heart now.

Have a good day!

xxx

Summary Sunday

I don't know why, but this was one of the blogs that I was most excited to write about this week. I think it's because I get to read back my old blogs and see what I was up to a year ago. It's not everyday that you think back to your past or what you were doing a year ago, or even five years ago to the very day and I just think it's so cool to be able to read it back as if it were happening over again.

I don't know about you, or if you are enjoying it so I need you to tell me if you aren't enjoying the flashback to a year ago. Give me a quick comment below if you like it, hate it or just simply ignore it!

So here is what I was blogging about a whole year ago in 2013...

21st April 2013: Lost Friendship

http://nicolespearlsofwisdom.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/lost-friendship.html

22nd April 2013: Motivational Monday #1

http://nicolespearlsofwisdom.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/motivational-monday-1.html

23rd April 2013: How to Conquer Revision

http://nicolespearlsofwisdom.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/how-to-conquer-revision.html

24th April 2013: Snapchat

http://nicolespearlsofwisdom.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/snapchat.html

25th April 2013: Discrimination and Funny Looks

http://nicolespearlsofwisdom.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/discrimination-funny-looks.html

26th April 2013: Time is Flying

http://nicolespearlsofwisdom.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/time-is-flying.html

27th April 2013: Care for Another?

http://nicolespearlsofwisdom.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/care-for-another.html

I hope you've enjoyed this week look back at the past and if any of them have taken you interest, go back and have a little read of what happened!!

And if you wanna stick around for next week, then be sure for another Sunday Summary next week,

Love you all, have a brilliant end to the week

xxx

Teaching Success

I had a moment on Friday when I looked at a child and really thought, I could be making a different to your life. I'm keeping their gender and everything about the child private for privacy reasons and am only sharing the experience that could have been the experience of any child.  I'm doing this for obvious reasons to protect any child in my care...

Anyway, this child is really not confident with their reading at all and I have been working with them since I have been there to try and encourage them to enjoy reading and to use what they know to read successfully. This Friday afternoon, I was a little tired and wanted it to be the end of the day already. We had decided we were going to focus on making the children finish their work rather than reading with them on this particular occasion. This child had finished their work and sheepishly went up to the teacher (not me) and quietly asked

"Do you think (my name- keeping this private to avoid anyone finding out the child via my connection) will read with me?"

The teacher smiled and told them to come and ask me, and I agreed happily. The child bound over to the table and was very eager to start reading. The day before, I had showed great interest in the story and kept getting excited modelling how pleasurable reading could be and I have reason to believe that some of my excitement has promoted her to be a lot more interested in reading. I think that in some respect, and I'm very tentatively saying this, I may have inspired her to want to read.

It was one of those moments when despite the week you've been having, you look at the child and you know you're making a difference. You know that you're changing someone's life in one way or another and helping to make it better.

It make me remember why I want to be a teacher and that perhaps I might actually be an alright teacher. There are days when I just think I'm the worst teacher in the world, but these little moments keep me going!

Those are my Saturday night muses

I love you all, keep smiling!

xxx

Feeling Naked

I've never been a watch person. When I was younger, my parents would buy me those little girlie watches for children but I never wore them. Not because I didn't like them, but mainly, and rather embarrassingly because I didn't quite know how to read the time. I knew if I really thought about it but it took me some time to work it out. That's why I mainly just stuck to asking what the time was because if people see you are wearing a watch, they ask you what the time is. I didn't want to embarrass myself!!

Then, when I got on my PGCE course, I figured that I would need a watch for good time keeping when I am teaching and so I made the decision to buy myself a nice watch that I could use for school. And it's so pretty that I forced myself past that awkward stage of getting used to a watch to actually really liking having a watch. AND it helped me to learn my times, finally!

My beautiful watch!

Anyway, today as I was getting ready- for some reason, I was running a little late. This was mainly because I really did not want to get up this morning at 6AM. It was such an effort as for the two weeks before, I was able to have a little lie in and wake up at 8:30/9. So 6 is a killer. 

As I was saying, I was running a little late, so the last thing I had to do was put my watch on and brush my teeth. Little old me thought to brush my teeth first and then grab my watch before running out the door for 7AM. 

I didn't quite pick up my watch and didn't realise until I was half way down the road and wanting to know the time to check I was on time for my bus... BUT IT WASN'T THERE!!!

My watch was no longer there and for a girl that never wore watches, I was surprised at how sad I felt when I didn't have it on.

I FELT NAKED! It definitely didn't feel right that I had nothing on my left wrist. And now, I believe that I am and forever will be a watch lover.

Random story for Friday over!

xxx

Throwback Thursday #18

8 weeks ago today, this little man was brought into the world and it was one of the best days in my entire life. He is such a little sweetheart that I absolutely adore and love with all my heart. He is everything that anyone would want in a child and I can't imagine how my sister feels when she knows that he's hers! 

He's grown so much over the 8 weeks he has been alive. He was born 6lbs 3oz and yesterday, he was weighed and he currently weighs 10lbs 9oz. It's incredible to think about how fast they grow up. I can't believe how quickly time has flown.

I wanted to share with you some of my favourite pictures of him on this Throwback Thursday. Nobody said that TBT had to be from ages ago!!

And this is the very latest picture I have of the little man!

So darn cute!

I love him.

I hope you have enjoyed this very cute TBT

xxx

Happy St. George's Day

I feel absolutely terrible because I didn't even realise it was St. George's Day today until half way through the day. It's funny because we all talk about being so patriotic (or some of us don't) but we rarely make a fuss of our patron st. There is always a lot of fuss over St. Patrick's Day with a lot of coverage around the Internet about the plans that people make, but a lot less is made of St. George's Day.

If you are like me, and forgot that it was St. George's Day, I'm glad I'm not alone. The school I am currently in had posters up to celebrate it and some of the teachers also wore a red rose. I feel so bad that I didn't do anything but my mind is so busy at the moment that I don't even have time to eat my Easter eggs. And if you know me, you know that I can't help myself around chocolate!!

HAPPY ST. GEORGE'S DAY!!!!

Maybe I'll remember properly next year and I'll hopefully have my own class and we'll do something St. George's Day related to atone for my sins.

Also, this is my life at the moment:

It also feels like it's a Tuesday today.

I got to hold two little kittens that my student had today. I wanted to steal them.

I looked round a school yesterday to see if I wanted to apply- I decided against it.

I'm making spaghetti bolognese for dinner tonight.

I'm also currently writing lesson plans.

And that is all I have to say to you tomorrow. Oh wait, I wanted to apologise for my lack of blog yesterday. I had a busy day where I was at school, went to visit a school and then went to tutor my little boy! SORRYYYY!

Love you all,

random blog out!

xxx

Review of We Will Rock You Musical

I really don't see how such a great show can be ending after such a long and successful run. It begs me to believe that at some point, they have to bring it back. Not only for the musical goodness, but also the story they have created.

After seeing the show, I loved Queen even more. It's strange how some artists now are no longer heard of after a year but Queen has managed to span time and popularity to continue living in people's hearts. It's something about that band that is unforgettable and it's same for We Will Rock You musical. 

The musical begins in a futuristic sort of way and I would be lying if I was a bit skeptical when it first started and wondered what the heck I was seeing. But as the story unraveled and the songs played on to reveal a plot line, I was completely immersed into it. Not only was there a good story line with fantastic actors, they also wove into the story a couple of good jokes from both past and the present. It was a show that I could laugh at and sing along to whilst thinking about how the world lost such an amazing artist with Freddie Mercury.

Every time I see a musical, it always makes me want to be able to sing and wish that when I was born I was given such a talent. They're such powerful singers with what seems an effortless performance. They really are beyond talented and they do such a good job every single day that the show is running. I admit how much passion and effort they put into every single performance whether it be a matinee or evening performance. You can really tell how much they love their job and I bet it makes it all worthwhile to see people being overwhelmed by their performance. It's nice to be able to watch something where they can belt out the songs of my past without it being a crap tribute band that doesn't do the songs justice.

If you're looking for a quick late booking for any musical, I would urge you to go and see it before it goes out of theatres. If you enjoy the music of Queen and enjoy a musical with a story line that based around love and finding who you are in a world where things are replicated, i.e. personality and fashion prescribed to you; I would suggest We Will Rock You. I don't think it's meant to be one of those musicals that make you think but it does make you wonder about what life will be like in the future. It seems like artists these days sing less from the heart and more for the money, which makes me sad. I think from this musical, I took the message to just be yourself and be determined to never lose who that is.

But I loved it! I completely utterly was smiling; laughing and singing all the way through. I'm so glad that I managed to go and see it before it left the theatres.

It makes me want to reiterate my first point about how such a brilliant musical can be taken away from the West End in place of what I hope won't be a let down.

Definitely worth it! I loved it

And remember, ROCK ON!

xxx

Happy Easter

I want to wish everyone a big happy Easter. I hope you all have a wonderful time with your family or whoever you are wishing to spend it with today.

 I've been spending my morning watching Frozen. I have a very unhealthy love for this show because I can't help but watch it. I think in total during these past 2 weeks, I have watched it about 5 times... Oops.

Mum has cooked a delicious full Sunday roast, complete with pigs in blanket and I can't wait til it all gets in my belly. We're just waiting on all my sisters to come home and feast on yummy food.

What are you doing for your Easter Sunday?

Did you go to church? Have a lie in? Already eat copious amounts of chocolate?

I love you all.

I missed you yesterday. I'm so sorry that I didn't blog. I had quite a busy day with hanging out with family and then I went to my sister's boyfriend's gig up London so completely ran out of time!!

xxx