Dog Days

So I am sad to say that I may not be at Mott to finish off the school year. Dang not having a teaching certificate already! I've applied, but to meet highly qualified standards, Waterford doesn't allow guest teachers to be non-certified. I'll be applying to sub in other districts by the end of this week. Hopefully that will give me some experience before next year, as well as some money. Student teaching really drains you of money and energy. Although, as you will see below, I've been taking a few lessons from my puppy Jake to get some rest and relaxation before the craziness sets back in.

And while I have to say, the last few days, not being at school I've been doing one of the five things. Updating my website, updating the wiki, filling out endless applications,cleaning the stacks and stacks of papers in my messy room, and spending time with my beloved 4 legged friend.

And sometimes, I wish my life, was his life.








(btw, this is at 12:36pm!) what a lazyy dog!








And finally, Jake decides it's time to get worked up over something. Oh if we all had the worries our dogs had!

You Know Youre a teacher when...

• you rush to help students you see struggling even if you don't know them
  
• you spend Saturday night at the high school musical, and no, not the movie
• your students say hi to you first!
• your students still ask you questions and you have to point them back to your mentor teacher, because you aren't teaching anymore
• you finish lunch in 20 minutes or less
  
• you use hand sanitizer so often your hands are dry
• you consistently, and proudly wear black expo marker on your face
• you wish there were more hours in the day
• you continually look at things with a "now how could I use this in the classroom?" preface...
• you get excited at the thought of your own classroom, bulletin boards and manipulatives!!!!!!!!!!!
  

A deeper look at what the future looks like for the high school kids I teach:

Being paid to teach!

It's such a strange concept after almost a year of not getting any monetary reward for my internship... but exciting none the less.

Today was my last day with the kids, and it was sad, yet normal. It's crazy how time has literally flown by, and my teaching part of the internship is over. What's left are job fairs and portfolios... and lots of paper work.

The last two weeks, since the pressure has slightly been removed (after making it this far)... I feel I have done some of the best teaching yet. Not having pressure has allowed me more flexibility than I thought I had in me. It's interesting.

Okay, my teaching part may be over, but the class work continues until the 24th. Oh yeah, and I have a week after that before I start my long term!