Good with the Bad

This week at school has been pretty tough. Two students from surrounding counties passed away this week and students at my school are taking it pretty hard. Fairmont Senior has instated 2 days this week for students to wear school colors of both Clay Batelle and Harrison County Schools in memory of the two students who passed away. The students at my school have really been showing some great support and wearing those school’s colors on the given days. However, it has come up more than once in my classes about how sad it is and how hard it is to deal with something so awful. We’ve had to have conversations with students about this tragic happening and I’ve had to try to show students that be it hard, we must move on. I think it is wonderful that my students and my school are so supportive of people that they really didn’t even know. It is so strange how communities come together in such a time when tragedy strikes, even when they’re miles apart.

Aside from the tragedy, I’m finding myself totally consumed by teaching. I have lesson plans to write, papers to grade, questions to prepare, powerpoints to create, papers to copy, and I could go on and on. However, amidst the hustle and bustle, I find that I’m loving teaching more and more each day. I really like being with students and I love being in front of the classroom teaching them. I like the conversations we have and the success that they’re showing. I also like the fact that they see me as their teacher. They don’t treat me as just a student-teacher, they actually respect me (well, most of them) and they do what I ask of them. I’m really glad that things are going well and I can’t believe that we’ve already passed midterm. I can and will finish my student teaching on a strong note and I look forward to continuing my progress.