Half Way Done

Well this will be my eighth week teaching and I can honestly say that I am loving it more and more as the weeks go by. I never ever thought that I would like getting up, but I do. I love going to school everyday, and I cannot wait to do it for the rest of my life. There was nothing exciting that happened this week. It went very well. I had to demo pancakes which, was so much fun. I even tried making a Mickey mouse one. Well that did not go well at all, but I did it with a class that I am close with and they were so supportive at my attempt. I need to work on my pancake skills. HAHA But it was so much fun and I had a great time doing it. This week they are going to be in the kitchens by themselves, I am so exited to see how they do. I have come to love all of my students, and want so much for them to do well. It makes my day so much better when they succeed and do well. I just want to see their faces when they make something and get to enjoy it. On Friday, I planned out the rest of my time student teaching. I can honestly say that it made me so sad. I do not want to be done, I want to stay here for the rest of the year. All of my friends are on Spring Break right now, and Yes I would love to be there with them, but I love teaching so much that I do not care. I am really happy with where I am in life. Its funny how time just flies by. It feels like just yesterday, that I was scared for my first year at college. I did not want to go and wanted to come home all the time. Now, I am only 62 days away from graduation and I could not be happier. College was amazing and I loved it, but I love teaching even more. I cannot wait to have my own class one day. Well that is all for now, I will keep you all posted on how this week goes. Lets hope that I do not cut my finger off haha.
Until Next Time.....

My Week

Sorry, that it has been a little since I last posted something. I am going to try and update every Thursday or Friday, again this is my wish. Lets start with Monday and work our way through my week. On Monday, I started teaching lessons again for the 7th and 8th graders, they are finally done with their aprons and dresses. Let my just say that they have amazed me at how well they did. I was so excited when I got to grade them. What a wonderful job they all did, especially some of the life skills students. They did some of the best work out of all of the students. It just shows you what they are truly capable of, I really wish that everyone could experience that. The 6th graders were still working on their pencil cases and puppets. They were far behind and really needed that extra day. The students were flying through their pencil cases. but it was taking them forever to get through their puppets. It was because they were being very chatty. Monday, was a great day and was an okay lesson to teach. They were learning about Nutrition, I felt that i should have been more prepared, but overall it went great. Tuesday, the 7th and 8th graders were working on a MyPlate project. They were split into groups and each of the groups did one part of MyPlate. The first period class did amazing, they did what they were told and got right to it. Second period, threw a fit and none of them were happy. The one group had to do two food groups and they kept talking about how unfair it was and how they were not going to do it. I told them that they were going to do. The only two girls in the class threw a fit and rolled their eyes at me. This is something that I have gotten used to in the past few weeks, at least from them. Eighth and ninth period threw fits as well, they were not happy with the groups that they had. But, that's they way it goes, they eventually did their work and were okay with it. I was so upset with them though that I decided spur of the moment that I was going to collect their papers. So, I had to collect it from them all, just because a few students were not doing their work. 6th grade was talking about MyPlate, this was supposed to be a one day lesson, but because of the talking turned into a two day lesson. I was not really happy with this, but it was/is not that big of a deal. Wednesday their was a snow day, so I just stayed home and wrote a lesson. Thursday, my advisor from IUP came for the second time. She came during 8th and 9th period which is 7th grade. these are the worst times that she could have came, and my coop even told her that. She was in love with them though and kept laughing through the whole lesson. She told me at the end that I did a wonderful job and that she is amazed at how well I was able to handle them. She was impressed that i did not get angry and yell at them, I just ignored them when things were getting out of hand. She gave me my midterm grade and I received an A. She gave me the highest that I was able to get for the midterm, and that this did not surprise her. She did not have me work on anything. This really gives me a boost and makes me feel really good about what I am doing. I also, was given a chance to monitor Advisory Period all by myself. Ahh this was so cool and I really felt like a teacher. Today, my coop had to advise me on how well I was doing. I received half on target and half acceptable. She, told me that she wanted to give me all on target, but that she did not think this should be done since it is only the midterm. Therefore, she picked half to be on target and the other half she made acceptable. She is going to make them all on target for the final, she already told me this, she also gave me an A. Kari (my coop) asked me if I was nervous yesterday when my advisor was there and I said I was a little nervous (I was worried that I looked really nervous), she then began to tell me that I did not look nervous at all. I looked like I was in control and was in my element. It means the world to me that she is so proud of me, and thinks that i am doing a wonderful job. I am really lucky to have her as my coop, I really owe a lot to her. Including, loving getting up early to go to school. Who ever thought I would love getting up and going to work. This is what a job is supposed to be like, and this is what I always hoped that it would be. Ahh I am so happy with how everything is going and how it is all turning out. Speaking of turning out I only have 70 days till Graduation!!!!!! Can you believe that I will be done with my undergrad in only 70 days. I remember freshman year when I thought I would never be done and I was so scared and Now I am so happy with it all. Oh and I am not going to go for my masters until I get a job. That's all for now so until next time....