I said I would update last night, but I decided to see friends instead. I'm here now. Happy? I thought so.
Today I completed the second day at DMS. Yesterday was fabulous. I could hardly contain my jubilant self as I left the school. I called everyone I knew and told them how the students were wonderful, my CT is hilarious, and the school is so simple and small.
Today I'm a less jubilant and more...defeated.
Honestly, I have had all these expectations of what student teaching would be. It was going to be hands-on and a professional learning opportunity. I was going to make great friends with my CT and get so much experience. I imagined I would develop relationships with my students and they would be so sad when I left. Today I got frustrated.
UNA requires us to do 201 observation hours before we graduate (not including student teaching), so obviously I am really over the observing thing. I'm ready to get involved with the students! So naturally, when my teacher just told me to observe today, I was ready to scream. It makes the day pass so slowly when all I'm doing is sitting in a chair. I have nothing to do during the day.
I am sure it will get better, I mean, it has to. I'm just down about it right now. I'm ready to get the ball rolling!
The bright side is that there's no where but up!! :)
"Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them become what they are capable of becoming." -- Goethe
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