I don't want to grow up.....
Tomorrow I will become an alumni of the University of Maine at Farmington. I will no longer be an undergraduate, from now on any classes I do take will go towards my Masters degree or my Professional development requirements from what ever school I teach at.
I really don't know how to take all of this. I have been at UMF for five years and it has become a giant family to me. All the people that for one reason or another I will never see again are like my brothers and sisters. I hope to keep in touch with a lot of them (and you know who you are) because I will need the support and comfort that I have received from them for so long. As I close out this chapter of my life the biggest thing I have to say is "I could have done better." I will say that about anything I do because that is my nature. I am graduating with a strong B average, and thats pretty good considering what I started at and the classes I have taken for my B.S.
Tomorrow at 10:30 I will "march" really just walk to my seat with the one other person graduating with the major that no longer exists (Yay Tanner!), walk across the stage, shake Theo's hand, receive my diploma cover, walk off the stage, and be done with UMF. I have immensely enjoyed my time at UMF and the people I have met. The professors that have taught me the ins and outs of the world of science, and how to teach that to the little kiddies at the High School have been wonderful. I really have nothing negative to say about UMF, which is good because some people do.
I graduate, I find a job, I get married! That is my plan for the summer, I am really just a ball of stress right now and I don't like it. On the upswing I did pass Student Teaching, which really wasn't hard at all, except for constructing that beast of a portfolio. Holy fucking wow batman.
I'm ready for my classroom. BRING IT ON! The kids at Dirigo High loved me and I hope I can attain that same feeling when I'm on my own with out the guidance and watchful eyes of a mentor that is in the classroom all the time. I understand that I will have a mentor my first few years out in the field but it won't be the same.
NSTA Boston 2008 Be there or be a rhombus!
I'm out
for now...
I really don't know how to take all of this. I have been at UMF for five years and it has become a giant family to me. All the people that for one reason or another I will never see again are like my brothers and sisters. I hope to keep in touch with a lot of them (and you know who you are) because I will need the support and comfort that I have received from them for so long. As I close out this chapter of my life the biggest thing I have to say is "I could have done better." I will say that about anything I do because that is my nature. I am graduating with a strong B average, and thats pretty good considering what I started at and the classes I have taken for my B.S.
Tomorrow at 10:30 I will "march" really just walk to my seat with the one other person graduating with the major that no longer exists (Yay Tanner!), walk across the stage, shake Theo's hand, receive my diploma cover, walk off the stage, and be done with UMF. I have immensely enjoyed my time at UMF and the people I have met. The professors that have taught me the ins and outs of the world of science, and how to teach that to the little kiddies at the High School have been wonderful. I really have nothing negative to say about UMF, which is good because some people do.
I graduate, I find a job, I get married! That is my plan for the summer, I am really just a ball of stress right now and I don't like it. On the upswing I did pass Student Teaching, which really wasn't hard at all, except for constructing that beast of a portfolio. Holy fucking wow batman.
I'm ready for my classroom. BRING IT ON! The kids at Dirigo High loved me and I hope I can attain that same feeling when I'm on my own with out the guidance and watchful eyes of a mentor that is in the classroom all the time. I understand that I will have a mentor my first few years out in the field but it won't be the same.
NSTA Boston 2008 Be there or be a rhombus!
I'm out
for now...