Miss Makepeace: genius teacher extrodinaire!!!!!
Before I get to my main reason for this update, I have random lj insanities to comment on. The update I posted from earlier didn't actually show up till about twenty minutes ago because even though I typed it up in class, the clock on the computer i was using was waaayyy off and it wouldn't let me post it. Instead of posting it on TODAY, it posted on the time and date the computer believed it was which just happened to be 11-29-2004 at about 8 at night. SOOOOOO random!
And now, for the genius that is me! In that same class that I was posting online, we got our lesson plans back that we handed in on Tuesday. Everyone that took the class last month said that the teacher ripped their lessons apart and they all ended up being between 10 and 20 pages (SINGLE SPACED mind you!) and since mine was only three pages, i was a bit worried. but, since it was only a first draft that didn't count for much, i wasn't too worried. Anyway, when i got the lesson back, I WAS AMAZED! there was only one tiny comment that didn't require me to make any changes. and, on the ruberic, the two sections that i lost one point both said "no need to revise!" but there was one part that said he wanted me to orally expain something to him. so i was kind of confused, and i talked to him in class while he was conferencing with a bunch of ppl in the class and basically, he told me that everything he wanted us to learn through writing this lesson i had already accomplished and that I could add in an optional assessment b/c he was going to give the lessons to everyone in teh school of ed for next semester when we are student teaching. and i just did that which took me a whole two and a half minutes. Basically, it made me realize that I really am good at this and I definitely chose the right major! It feels sooo good to hear that from a professor that is supposedly a really hard grader!
And on top of that, I got my grade back from the teacher that I'm going to be student teaching with and she said that i have a "magic touch" with the special ed students in her class!!! that just made me feel sooo good!!! and it didn't hurt that she said she couldn't wait to see more of my teaching next semester! AND, i only have ONE MORE WEEK of classes till freedom and 28 days till my legal drinking begins!!!! what a GREAT way to start a month that is usally PURE HELL for me!!! hopefully it stays half as good as it has started....
And now, for the genius that is me! In that same class that I was posting online, we got our lesson plans back that we handed in on Tuesday. Everyone that took the class last month said that the teacher ripped their lessons apart and they all ended up being between 10 and 20 pages (SINGLE SPACED mind you!) and since mine was only three pages, i was a bit worried. but, since it was only a first draft that didn't count for much, i wasn't too worried. Anyway, when i got the lesson back, I WAS AMAZED! there was only one tiny comment that didn't require me to make any changes. and, on the ruberic, the two sections that i lost one point both said "no need to revise!" but there was one part that said he wanted me to orally expain something to him. so i was kind of confused, and i talked to him in class while he was conferencing with a bunch of ppl in the class and basically, he told me that everything he wanted us to learn through writing this lesson i had already accomplished and that I could add in an optional assessment b/c he was going to give the lessons to everyone in teh school of ed for next semester when we are student teaching. and i just did that which took me a whole two and a half minutes. Basically, it made me realize that I really am good at this and I definitely chose the right major! It feels sooo good to hear that from a professor that is supposedly a really hard grader!
And on top of that, I got my grade back from the teacher that I'm going to be student teaching with and she said that i have a "magic touch" with the special ed students in her class!!! that just made me feel sooo good!!! and it didn't hurt that she said she couldn't wait to see more of my teaching next semester! AND, i only have ONE MORE WEEK of classes till freedom and 28 days till my legal drinking begins!!!! what a GREAT way to start a month that is usally PURE HELL for me!!! hopefully it stays half as good as it has started....