Saturday, November 15, 2008

No more focusing!

I just finished focus week for Methods class! It was a process let me tell you! Of all the things I learned, there is one thing that sticks out in my head....I cannot be a commuter!

The hardest part of the whole week was commuting back and forth from Clovis to Portales. I was never one to really care for driving, so 40 minutes a day, 20 up and back, was too much for me to handle.

Now with that out, I have to say it was a great experience. There is nothing like the feeling of working all week on a project and then seeing how much the students have learned by the end of the week. It is also special to know you were a part of their education and they become so attached, even though we had to be strict sometimes.

On our last day, because kids are naturally curious, we allowed the students to ask us some questions, and some of the best ones are:
"Will you be back?"
"Can we ask the principle to fire two teachers and hire you two for sixth grade?" (For the record, this student had nothing against the teachers, she just wanted us there).
"When will you be a real teacher?"
"Where will you work?"
"Will you be a doctor or something?" (This question brought several laughs, but he had a valid question. Our professors came to observe and both have their doctorate so we introduced them as Dr. so and so and Dr. so and so. He was just curious if we would be called Doctors when we graduated, but it was funny none the less).

So one step closer to being a teacher! I am excited to get student teaching started and over so I can finally figure out where the next step of my life might take me!

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