Wednesday, January 04, 2006
well, i've made it through two days of student teaching, which might be solely attributed to the fact that I haven't really done much yet. Mostly observing and just helping out around the class. The night before our first day Stephanie (who's at another school), and I couldn't sleep. So needless to say last night we slept like babies.
Today I got so excited during math. The kids were working with polygons, angles, lines, etc. and they were trying to figure out the angles of polygons. I got so excited because I figured out how to do one when I had no idea to begin with. After helping one student (and getting excited helping him) I moved on to another pair of boys and when I found out they were working on the same problem I just figured out. I said "ooO! I love this one!" and the boy looked at me like I was an alien. ah well.
So i sat there during the read aloud of "Tuck Everlasting" and thought to myself that I already knew this was a great group of kids and that I was really looking forward to teaching them for 4-6 weeks by myself. I'm scared spitless, but this is what I've been waiting for. I feel like a teacher and I swear that is the best feeling in the world.
"standing in the shadow of what
you were waiting for
you are older now"-aaron sprinkle
Today I got so excited during math. The kids were working with polygons, angles, lines, etc. and they were trying to figure out the angles of polygons. I got so excited because I figured out how to do one when I had no idea to begin with. After helping one student (and getting excited helping him) I moved on to another pair of boys and when I found out they were working on the same problem I just figured out. I said "ooO! I love this one!" and the boy looked at me like I was an alien. ah well.
So i sat there during the read aloud of "Tuck Everlasting" and thought to myself that I already knew this was a great group of kids and that I was really looking forward to teaching them for 4-6 weeks by myself. I'm scared spitless, but this is what I've been waiting for. I feel like a teacher and I swear that is the best feeling in the world.
"standing in the shadow of what
you were waiting for
you are older now"-aaron sprinkle
Monday, January 02, 2006
tonight stephanie drove us downtown and we listneed to sufjan. i stared at the buidings and scenery and surroundings realizing that tomorrow i start student teaching. That I'm doing a normal work week and when it's all over I will have graduated. I am extremely nervous, but also excited for the end result. Here goes nothing.
