This semester started very slowly for me. I began with a plan to get everything accomplished a head of time and to keep myself on task. I will be the first to tell you this did not work. I find myself asking questions everyday about why did I do this, or why didn't I do that. I feel like I am so far behind and just can't get caught up. I try more and more everyday to work harder on what I want to accomplish but there are only some many hours in a day.
To top everything off I feel overwhelmed with useless information from some of my current classes and find myself with the mentality of some of my students. I do not want to say that all of my classes are irrelevant to what I need to know, but I am finding some information going in one ear and out of the other, while the rest of the information is either retained or just stops before it enters even one ear.
I would have to say I learned the most from English methods and from observations. My observations have been the most effective thing this semester to help me understand how I need to improve. I have been able to teach for extended periods of time where I am in total control of the class and it really hits you hard when you realize you are not perfect.
This semester, even though harder than I thought, has overall been a good semester. I am sad thinking of it ending. The only thing that keeps a smile on my face is knowing that after a short winter break I will be back in the classrooms, hopefully the same ones.
Amy,
ReplyDeleteI think I have the exact same title for my last blog post! Time does seem to fly faster now...I'm guessing it is because we are so busy.
I have had some of the same feelings as far as realizing I'm not perfect when given the opportunity to teach full-time. It's easy to go into this with passion and think, "as long as I'm following the methods and caring about students' success, I'm going to have great results and be the best teacher ever!" After watching my teaching video, I realized I still have A LOT to work on and hopefully improve.