Not having any of the normal technology. I'm a pretty loyal Apple user, and like most schools, Marnix is solidly PC. Which is all well and fine, I don't really care what kind of computer people use. The issue arises as I am constantly needing to borrow other people's technology so I can show my classes PowerPoints/videos/print worksheets/etc because my little mac can't be hooked up to the projectors and won't run the grades system. And, an extra excellent perk of being only fluent in non-native tongues, working things like copiers and computers has become whole lot of "well, this looks right-ish" (i.e. everything is in Dutch). This morning as I tried to patch in my flashdrive to one of the teacher's computers, while the screen was being projected up on the overhead. I was yammering on about Charlie and the Chocolate Factory while trying to figure out what buttons to push and I hear a little voice from the back, "um, miss? I wouldn't have done that if I were you..." aaaand that was the point in the day where I gave up on trying to figure out the computer for myself and just had students do it for me.
Also, I got to be the big scary teacher today with T4, they got a stern talking to for their use of Dutch in class (they're really not supposed to) and the class volume. Boy did I ever feel like a big fat faker, trying to discipline kids who I barely have a few years on. That's student teaching for ya, I suppose.
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