Well, I'm giving up...
Don't worry! not on teaching, but on looking for a lost item.
This week, I lost my USB. It had absolutely all the work I have done this semester... Luckily, most things I have a hard copy of it or an older version of it, but it's not the most ideal situation. I meant to back it all up for weeks now, but, of course, didn't. Last professional semester I broke my USB and had similar issues. Henceforth, I am backing it up on staff folders, email and the external hard drive.
Friday, 25 October 2013
Friday, 18 October 2013
Internship
It has been a good few years since I last posted about my career.
I'm excited to be posting again... It really feels like it's been too long.
I feel like I need to apologize in advance for any random french posts or phrases. For this last placement, I was SUPER lucky and I am teaching in a French immersion program, and to boot, I work at a francophone school on the side, so French is actually pretty dominant in my life right now, which I LOVE but makes it harder to talk to people since my mind is going in French.
Anyways! This semester started out great, I'm learning a LOT! I love this experience! That's not to say that I don't think it's really hard, but I am always one to take on a challenge, especially when I was the one that chose it. I find myself scrambling to keep up with the bright minds I get to help develop.
I'm not going to lie... many times I've wondered if this is truly what I want... and some days I still ask myself that... and it only takes me coming in and spending a few hours with the blessed children I get to teach, or rather who teach me, to remember that this profession is truly a blessing. It takes a selfless person to be a teacher. I look at my colleagues and I see such Christlike examples of what leaders need to be. It's reflected in the students' behaviours too! I have students correcting students and calling them back to attention and to remember the class rules : Respect and French... I only have two, but they are both important, and they know it and, usually, keep them.
More to come! Especially on classroom management and engaging students!
I'm excited to be posting again... It really feels like it's been too long.
I feel like I need to apologize in advance for any random french posts or phrases. For this last placement, I was SUPER lucky and I am teaching in a French immersion program, and to boot, I work at a francophone school on the side, so French is actually pretty dominant in my life right now, which I LOVE but makes it harder to talk to people since my mind is going in French.
Anyways! This semester started out great, I'm learning a LOT! I love this experience! That's not to say that I don't think it's really hard, but I am always one to take on a challenge, especially when I was the one that chose it. I find myself scrambling to keep up with the bright minds I get to help develop.
I'm not going to lie... many times I've wondered if this is truly what I want... and some days I still ask myself that... and it only takes me coming in and spending a few hours with the blessed children I get to teach, or rather who teach me, to remember that this profession is truly a blessing. It takes a selfless person to be a teacher. I look at my colleagues and I see such Christlike examples of what leaders need to be. It's reflected in the students' behaviours too! I have students correcting students and calling them back to attention and to remember the class rules : Respect and French... I only have two, but they are both important, and they know it and, usually, keep them.
More to come! Especially on classroom management and engaging students!
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