day 1

well, the time has finally come and gone for me to say that i officially have my long-anticipated first day of student teaching behind me. it was great. i love middle school. this comes sort of as a shock, but also sort of not since i worked with middle schoolers at Pine Cove and loved it. BUT, i was so sure that i wanted to do high school, and now i'm not so sure anymore. of course i say this after one day, so we'll see what happens as the semester goes on. my teacher is fantastic. she's spunky and fun, no-nonsense yet still has a great sense of humor. we are going to really get along. everyone at the school was so incredibly nice and welcoming. i couldn't have asked for a better day. i always knew the anticipation would be worse than the actual student teaching part. of course again, we'll see what happens when i actually start teaching. i will say that the idea of getting up in front of the middle schoolers is so much less intimidating than when i had to get up in front of the high schoolers last semester in my observation. the spanish is much easier, and that just might be better for me because i want to be able to have more fun in getting the kids engaged in the language than focusing on tough grammar stuff. already i can tell the semester is going to go by fast.
the quote of the day was when i was handing out candy at the door to the last class (6th graders, PRECIOUS) and this little kid walks through the door (he'd been asking me about college and parties...yeah i am hoping he has older siblings and that this is the reason why he was asking) and i said "you stay away from those crazy parties" and he says back to me "don't worry, i'll keep it low G, peace OUT!" hilarious.