Planner Organization

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As I was preparing to type this, I was thinking about the people who are so confident in what they are doing. They get a planner and say they are going to use it this way and set it up that way and boom. They do it. I'm not sure if there is the struggle beforehand that I go through (see previous posts) But I am not that confident and generally waffle before deciding on something. I guess I just like to consider all options and look at all sides of something before just jumping in. Aw, well, that's me.


Anyway, the point of this post is my school planner. This has been sitting here for almost 2 weeks and I have hardly touched it. I've been trying to decide how I want to lay it out and I think I figured it out. There are 7 columns in this planner and my initial thought was to label each one with a class; chemistry, biology, AP chem, and AP bio; and the remaining 3 columns with notes, to-do, copy, prep or some combination of those things. But the more I thought about it the less I liked it. I like to know what I'm doing next. I like things to be in order so I can see how my day will progress. So I have decided to label the columns as follows:
Before                  1st                   2nd               Lunch/          3rd               4th                   After
School               Period            Period             Citizen         Period           Period             School


This way I can look across a day and see exactly what is happening and when it is happening. Very important for me. I will have traffic duty sometime so I can mark it on the day either before or after school. I will also have lunch duty so I will be able to fill that in.  And I will have a spot to keep track of citizenship so I don't have to look it up every single day. The bottom row is Friday and since we don't have school on Fridays, I can use that to jot down notes or things I need to remember that doesn't fit anywhere else. I like it. I think I'm going to print the stickers today for the top.

I have made huge progress on my curriculum. I have 2 or 3 units of chemistry done and I have 1 unit of AP biology done.  I'm struggling a little bit with AP chem as I'm not sure if I should stick with NMSI or go with another one. Maybe I'll do a little research into that today and see what I want to do. I know that I need to change the order a little so maybe now is time to switch. Hmmm....decisions, decisions.

I also signed up for 3 classes to complete my license requirements. Why? Why on earth did I do that? Ugh!!! Oh well, 2 of them will be super easy and the 3rd one I'll just have to struggle through. I want to get the license classes out of the way this summer. Then get the PRAXIS taken during the fall and by the new year have my license.

Okay, that's it for now. I'll post pics when I get the planner all set up. I did go through and enter all the information for the year that I have; breaks, meetings, etc.  So those are filled in. 

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