Friday, May 14, 2010

...goodbye to my 4th grade friends...

Well, student teaching ended.  It was a crazy 16 weeks but I made it...AND graduated college! :)
A picture to sum it up...no words needed.
I learned so much from these sweet sweet friends....they were SO much fun. 

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

"get it"

So.....Im going to claim to be an "occasional blogger". I really have failed at this little game...darn. Time goes by SO fast and things seem to change even faster. Do you ever wonder how many times something has to happen before you "learn your lesson" or get it? Sometimes I wonder that when I am teaching...how many MORE ways can I say 2.35 less than 6? I get frustrated so easily sometimes...WHY can't this kid understand this....I don't know how else to explain it. But I am learning as a teacher and in life too.



LIFE
I've been learning....a lot. How many times do things in my life "work out fine" before I get it? With all of the changes coming up I am just one big ball of stress, anxiety, worry and I "DO" constantly in hopes of controlling all these uncertain situations in my life. Where will I live? Who will I live with? Will I get a job? Where will it be? What if I hate it? Will I have time for EVERYTHING? and this list goes FOR EV ER!!! And this is where I learn about trust. It's been so awesome lately to look back at every situation in my life and see that God has cared for me and that everything has "worked out fine". It's even becoming a little exciting- I know it's going to all work out but I just don't know exactly how yet. :) nothing wrong with a little mystery and adventure- i like that.




STUDENT TEACHING
Student teaching has been nuts! 4th graders are SO crazy and SO fun! You know the situations where you're laughing uncontrollably at something when you shouldn't be laughing at all and then you can't stop and it's just really inappropriate? Well- this happens to me probably twice a week at school. I dont know that its a good thing- but hey! there is nothing wrong with a little laughter and boyyyy do those 4th graders bring it daily. Lets just say that wearing goggles is a new 4th grade fad. Try taking that seriously! Yesterday all of my 4th graders were laughing uncontrollably so hard that I was crying (from laughing so hard)- learning number sentences had never been so hilarious until yesterday.






I feel like there is so much happening in my classroom too- its so cool to see how far a little love and encouragement can go. I think I'm going to like teaching- but there are a lot of random serious teaching things that are frustrating sometimes.


....I'm just excited.



YOUNG LIFE
Finally club has picked back up agian after 100000 snow days! Camp sign ups are rockin....I watched one of the sweetest girls get egged last night.....kids are hearing truth and learning. I think I have a thing for watching people learn stuff and "get it". When it comes to real truth- its the best ever. ....our lives are a true reflection of what we "get". a true and real reflection....



good night blogger friends.