final blog - spring 2006

so. i guess this is it. one semester in the school of education done. it's crazy how fast time flies.

well, i can safely report that i have completed all of my practicum hours and then some. and i can also say that i had a good time doing it. my teacher is amazing, and he has already said that he will let me steal all of his materials and make copies so that i will have something to start from. so that's pretty exciting. he is a very nice human, and seems like he genuinely cares about everyone.

i got to witness back to school night which was very interesting to see the difference between how mr. ambler interacted with his students and their parents. and it was remarkably similar, but not in a bad way. instead of treating both sets like children, he treated them like the adults that they are. he teachs twelfth grade, so most of his kids are going off to live on their own in college the next year, so if he were to demean them by treating them like children, i think he would have had a much harder time controlling them. as it was, there was a little senioritis in the classroom; the students were always performing for him. which i thought was a very good sign.

he also gave me lots of advice and ideas that i can carry over to my own teaching. needless to say, i am very excited about getting to teach more next semester. i think the worst part will be the getting up at the crack of dawn, and the being on a different time schedule from my friends. but i think i will be more prepared for the real world because i will essentially be doing my future job next year; i will still have a safety net and people helping me along the way while my friends may not have that advantage.

yeah real world. woot. i can't wait. (ew)