October 7th Make-up

I want to apologize for failing to blog this past Tuesday. I have been under much stress or maybe it is stress that I create. I tend to take on more than I can chew. I began my second year of teaching in a new school district. Although I don't feel that I am re-inventing the wheel once again, it's still a new environment I have to adjust to.

An opportunity for a home-tutoring came up this year. Two hours a week for the entire year seemed like a great opportunity to make extra money (over $3000 for the year). Instead of considering the hassle I could through I quickly accepted. These past two past weeks I decided to tutor fours each week to make up for the two weeks I missed in the beginning of September. It was during these two weeks that I realized it is difficult coming up with activities and assignments for him. So I made a point to contact the high school teacher. Who than told me it was recently decided that any home-tutoring exceeding two months will require the home tutor to provide a curriculum, work and a grade. I decided right then that $48.10 an hour is not enough for me to take on that load. So next week will be my last session.

This situation got me thinking, "How much can they expect this tutor to do?" Or maybe it's just that I have a lot to do: work with a new curriculum at work, go to school at night, make time for boyfriend and family and friends.

Well I am back to completing my assignments. In addition, I will make up the two blogging vocabulary exercises I failed to do.

VOCABULARY
apologize: to feel sorry
opportunity: a chance
stress: mental strain
assignment: a task to do
tend:to move towards doing something
contact: to be in touch with someone
boyfriend: a male that someone is dating
addition: adding one thing
blog: an online journal
exceed: outdo
tutor: teach a a student one-on-one
require: make someone do something

apologize opportunity stress assignment tend contact boyfriend addition
blog exceed tutor require

1)I do much more than you thought I would. Do I _______ your expectations.
2)He wants to __________ to his mom because he lied to her.
3)The teacher will have an _______ to travel this summer because she does not work.
4)The ________ of flowers created a peaceful effect.
5)Every night we go on the computer to ______ about our daily activities.
6) I ______ to be nervous before my exams.
7)I don't understand what I am doing in math class so I hired a ______ to help.
8)The parent ________ the teacher at school.
9)The teacher gave her class an ________ to do on the weekend.
10)The government _______ us pay taxes.
11)When I have a lot to do I begin to _______ a lot.
12)Her _______ took her to a nice restaurant and a movie.

GRAMMAR
Infinitives are when verbs have no subjects. In engish they tend to have the preposition, to infront of it. For example,"to run, to eat". I would love to eat less at night.

IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS: Based on the context, try to guess the meaning of these expressions.
"Take on more than I can chew"
"re-inventing the wheel"