W26D131 It is Wednesday. And I have no shows today or rehearsals after school, which is very, very good because that way. I will have a little bit of downtime before my last two, or my next two performances which are in the evening, and will be exhausting. But that's good I mean we got all the kinks out of the technical stuff yesterday I feel I can today are Excuse me. Thursday Night Friday night, should run very smoothly. My biggest concern is how to engage. Members of the elective crew, because it's hard to give 30 different jobs. Not just that, the jobs are hard to find it's. Everyone is so particular oh I won't do this but I'll do that or, you know, with the exception of a few of the girls. Most everyone wants to do one thing and that's good. And I'm sorry it's just not possible with that many kids to let them all just get to pick what they want to do so. Yesterday I had a little bit of dust up with the sixth grade boys who were not did not know what they were doing and didn't ask how to do it so I didn't elaborate and partially that was my fault and partially was their fault because being a member of a team, you have to say. After ask those questions well what do I do when do I turn the lights on when do I turn them off.
I am very specific but I had multiple students I was juggling so I, I really wasn't two hands on with them. So today I'll try to make it up and talk to them and say this is what I expect and it can you come on the one of the evening performances and get another chance to try it. So, I have enough work. It just might not be the work they want to do. But you know what, that's okay too. Because when you are employed by somebody you don't always get to do exactly what you want to do sometimes you have to do what's needed.Sometimes the end of the day is the best time to reflect, because I'm not frenetical
ly walking around trying to find out what I need to do I'm just do, I'm just being the day went better than expected and I felt less fear and trepidation about the elective students, although I do underserved a certain segment of them, and I'm not quite sure how to integrate everything I want them to know into one class. It's very hard when you have high performing students and, and students who are not motivated in any sense of the way. I'm trying my best to use social media as a device to unite but that may take some time. I'm very excited though that some of the girls that are hard to engage are actually getting involved in aspects that I need in the class and it's not just busy work I really need photos and videos and I really would like to have a movie of the play and I really want someone to run things so I don't have to, you know, I, I like delegating to them, it's a little harder because you have to make it very explicit and, and today I learned that lesson. A very a very valuable lesson with the boys even though there's very bright boys, they still need to be told precisely what is expected because really that's what they're used to anyway. So I'm, I'm working on my powers of delegation with six and seventh and eighth graders. And if I can do it with them, possibly I will get better with adults as well.