It is finally here! Thanksgiving break is upon us
and I can almost taste the turkey! It is now 1:24 on Friday, November 22, 2013
and I am only 1 hour and 6 minutes shy of a much-needed break from school! It
is hard to believe that I’ve made it through my internship and I must say that
it has been one crazy whirlwind of ups and downs. I was able to make it
through, however, and with flying colors I might add! I have learned so much
since the first day of school and I’m even a little sad that it’s over.
The next two
weeks of my internship will consist of my helping transition students back into
Mrs. Adams’ teaching. I will be assisting my mentor and trying to give her full
reign of the class once again. It seems weird that I’ll have to show students
that she’s the teacher again when it took so much effort to get them to see me
as the teacher.
Throughout the past few months, I have learned quite
a lot about being a teacher. The most important thing that I’ve learned is that
you have to be yourself when you’re in front of any classroom. Students can
pick up on your vibes and when you’re not being yourself, they know it! I think
that my students got to know me just as well as I got to know them and I’m so
happy about it.
Another thing that I’ve learned is that you have to
be able to deal with lots of things on the fly. This means that you cannot plan
for absolutely everything! Things are going to come up that you can’t control
and as the teacher you simply have to be able to deal with it without freaking
out. Interruptions are going to happen and you’re not always going to be able
to teach what you’ve planned. It happens and you just need to be flexible.
Overall, teaching this semester was a fun-filled
learning experience and I wouldn’t have changed anything about it. I’m so glad
that my students were so accepting of me and that my mentor teacher took the
time to work with me. The staff at FSHS was extremely helpful with anything
that I needed. I couldn’t have asked for a better semester of student teaching!
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