My Fabulous Mood

I prefer to write a blog post with a mission.  I like to have one specific theme in which I can tie a bunch of different subjects into.  Maybe I look at it too much like writing an essay?  But anyway, I really don’t have too much to share today but wanted to make sure I was still putting forth the effort to post.

My classes are going really well.  One of my classes is Wellness in which we are required to work out two times a week.  Yesterday we ran our mile and a half to have a starting point to improve on throughout the semester.  Let me tell you, I am S-O-R-E today.  But it’s the good kind of sore.  The kind where you know you have been pushing yourself. 

One of my classes in particular right now is just amazing. The teacher is very upfront and practical in all that he shares.  He tells us realistically how much work teaching is going to be.  He shares with us an easier lesson plan we can use for his class and for our student teaching.  He welcomes us into the “real world” as he tells us that we don’t need to be worried about aligning our standards to lessons because a lot of time the curriculum will already do that for us. I have honestly learned so much from this class in the three days I have attended, that I cannot wait for the semester ahead.  I think that this class will be a lot of work at times, but I am so excited to get more experience in the classroom.  I feel like I can hear stories and learn many different ways in which I can teach, but that until I actually get into the classroom it won’t do me as much good.  I am itching to get back into the classroom and soak up as much information as possible.

I am definitely enjoying the beginning of the semester.  It has been peaceful and easy-going, one can only hope it would last all semester. ;) I have greatly enjoyed all the extra time to work out, read, play card games, watch tv, and search the internet for teaching ideas.  I love this time of the semester and find myself completely blessed.  Well I am in a fabulous mood and am starting to feel slightly guilty that out of the people in my apartment right now none of us are speaking to each other but are instead on our computers….so perhaps it is time to end for today and actually be social.. :)