Student teaching began about a month ago, and my schedule has been hectic ever since. I am in a 5th grade class, which has been absolutely wonderful! The goal through student teaching is to pick up one subject area at a time, teaching everything all day for at least 4 weeks. I am now teaching 2 subjects (language arts and math), and I will add the 3rd and 4th subject (science and social studies) in 2 weeks, thus beginning my 4 weeks of teaching it all. 2 subjects has been very stressful, so I'm anxious about adding more! But at the same time, I have enjoyed this process so much. I am beyond relieved that I like being in the classroom as much as I thought I would. I love my class-kids! And on another happy note - I passed my Praxis II for elementary education, which removes any obstacles to getting hired for next year. Graduation is only about 3 months away now. I am ready for it to get here and ready to put my application out to see what happens.
This has been a stressful process for everyone (Jason and the kiddos included) but it has to be done if I want to teach, so we're all just doing our best to get through it. I work all day and then come home, take care of home and kids, work in the evening for a couple of hours and then get ready to do it again in the morning. Weekends have been used for catching up on what couldn't get done during the week. Not much time for fun stuff, but it is temporary (so I keep telling myself!). Anyway, it's exciting to prepare for the next stage, the career stage, of my life!
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