Fear and loathing...mostly fear
I still have one class to start - that's on Monday.
Typically when I'm in school I am a little ball of stress. The one thing I've realized is that grad school is going to be far more work than my undergrad. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't incredibly freaked out by that. I'm terrified that I bit off more than I can chew and I'm wondering what I've gotten myself into. I am one of the few in my classes (it's mostly the same students in each class) that does not have experience in education already.
My Human Development - Early Years course will not have any exams but will have several papers including a journal review paper that is due in 4 weeks and has to comprise a review of 5-10 journal articles.
My Infant/Toddler Clinical Experience course requires 25 hours of observation. I have found a place to volunteer at though and some of my classmates are having a tough time with that. Thankfully, I was accepted at the first place I contacted. It is tough to find a program that offers both Infant and Toddler classes that is NAEYC accredited. I will have to do about 3-4 hours of observation every week.
Add to this the whole trying to maintain my house, my family, my life, and my sanity and you've got one big ball of stress and I might as well stock up on cold remedies so I'm prepared for the end of the quarter. I'm sure my end of quarter cold will be a whopper!
Typically when I'm in school I am a little ball of stress. The one thing I've realized is that grad school is going to be far more work than my undergrad. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't incredibly freaked out by that. I'm terrified that I bit off more than I can chew and I'm wondering what I've gotten myself into. I am one of the few in my classes (it's mostly the same students in each class) that does not have experience in education already.
My Human Development - Early Years course will not have any exams but will have several papers including a journal review paper that is due in 4 weeks and has to comprise a review of 5-10 journal articles.
My Infant/Toddler Clinical Experience course requires 25 hours of observation. I have found a place to volunteer at though and some of my classmates are having a tough time with that. Thankfully, I was accepted at the first place I contacted. It is tough to find a program that offers both Infant and Toddler classes that is NAEYC accredited. I will have to do about 3-4 hours of observation every week.
Add to this the whole trying to maintain my house, my family, my life, and my sanity and you've got one big ball of stress and I might as well stock up on cold remedies so I'm prepared for the end of the quarter. I'm sure my end of quarter cold will be a whopper!