So it is fall break this week, which makes me really mad because I love my Thursday classes, but that of course gives us time to sit and reflect on the semester so far. I don't know what I really expected going into this program but I know that my results are amazing. My Cohort is AWESOME! We are all so different and yet we all have the same passion for teaching. My teachers have all been so amazing to work with, I can tell that they all want us to succeed and truly care about helping us develop into the best teachers, they are providing us with the tools that we will need to teach on our own.
I have to say that I am just amazed by all that I am learning. It is so nice actually being in the Program because everything we are learning is actually applicable to what we are going to be doing in the classroom. I was really nervous when I found out that we were taking Social Studies methods because I thought that is going to be hard to teach, but Axel quickly put us at ease and now I know what I am doing and I actually understand what Social studies means. It isn't all facts and dates, everything in life is history and we all have a story to tell, and I am excited to help my students to discover this.
From the very first moment in everyone of my classes I knew that this was going to be a tough semester filled with huge assignments and lots of READING! I am so grateful for EdEl 3250 because there is no required text, I love reading Doc Waters website! It seems that now all the reading starts to blend together and that is how it should be I guess, life is one big pizza not small pepperonis thrown about. What I love most about this program is that our teacher's are modeling for us proper teaching methods, because that is what I feel I need the most help with. I know that I am suppose to be a TEACHER and everyday I am getting closer to that goal.
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