<span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: comic sans ms;">*dies in her little corner of the OOC*  Today was...pointless hell.  I found out that I have to do a 15 page thesis paper by the end of April on a unit that I'm teaching for my internship.  Only problem is, the same topic that they don't want us writing about, which is the FCAT ( Florida's standardized state test), is the main thing that my supervising teacher wants me to focus on til the end of March.  So, I'm basically screwed when it comes to a topic, unless I lie and tell them that my unit is Nonfiction pieces, which I'm focusing my lessons on.  In addition to that, I have to do 60 hours of work with students that are English deficient.  Guess how many of those I have in my entire 6 periods of classes?  Zero.  That's because my teacher is not ESOL certified.  So, now I have to take my planning period to go to another teacher's room to work with her kids.<br/><br/>Then, they decide to do a presentation on expensive technology in the classroom that our school budgets can't afford to have.  A two hour long presentation.  This wonderful thing was followed by a two hour long presentation on a study abroad presentation.  Now, let's look at this logically, eh?<br/><br/>Everyone in there today was undergrads that are graduating in May, with the exception of literally...two people.  This study abroad is for July and August...for undergrads.  Why would they show it to us?  Not only that, but...We're doing a full-time internship, that's unpaid.  The cost of this trip, not including the flight and food for the three months, is $7,000.  Are we supposed to pull that out of our asses?  :D<br/><br/>So, yes.  I wasted a nice day, listening to useless crap, and now have an even more heavier workload.  Yay me.  *waves a little banner*<br/><br/>*grabs the tequila bottle and chugs the entire thing*<br/><br/>Seriously, if you don't like this subject (English) and don't like kids, then never become a teacher.  I love both, so this is why I put up with this crap.</span>