Where to start??
I have been trying to write a post for a long time, and it keeps coming out too boring and long winded…then I remember I don’t have any pictures on the computer and I stop, delete it, and don’t post.
This is me posting! (FYI, it’s still long-winded, but I finished this time!)
I got a bunny from my best friend and sister, Kristi.
Isn’t he cuuuuute? His name is Sammy and I’ve loved him since I met him. Kristi and Eric’s new apt charges per pet, so they are cleaning house (of the bunnies) I got Sammy just in time for Easter! (the photo is on Easter)
I didn’t get real spring break. I got Thurs-Mon off. I spent my time well…sewing, sewing, and oh yeah…sewing. This is one of my favorite SAI totes that I made….
All in all I made six totes and five shirts. I love my girls who keep me sewing! It was so cool at our Thursday night activity to see half the chapter wearing letters that I made!
My last day of freedom (which was almost its own post) was spent doing what I do best. Eating a ridiculous amount of food, watching an eight episode mini-marathon of Gilmore Girls, and scrapping with my best friend and fabulous cousin, Jessica.
I thought I was really uninspired, and then finally I created these two pages.
Sorry I can’t photograph straight. I should do it *before* I put them in the book…haha. These two are from our MITs’ musicale that they did. I included their program and some photos. The page on the right was inspired by Leslie’s fabulous layoring and ribbon techniques. I really like the way it turned out!
I’m back at student teaching. Getting observed teaching a class I haven’t even met tomorrow. We had early outs both Wednesdays I’ve been there, so I don’t even know these kids, but my supervisor (who I’m sure used his BEST judgement and not at all his hectic schedule as a basis for this) is coming tomorrow. Have I mentioned that I am DONE on May 9th and graduate the 10th? May is going to be so cool 
So…that’s all folks….for now.
Thoughts on Student Teaching
Last Friday was my last day at my first student teaching placement. I started getting weepy around, oh, Wednesday. This meant that I knew Friday would be bad. In my defense, I made it ALL DAY without crying…
Third period my director gave this quick nod and my clarinet players went scampering off…and I just groaned, “what are they trying to do to me?!” They came back with a big sheet of yellow paper that said “Good Luck Miss Bostic!” and then all of them wrote on it. I tried not to read them, but I did anyway.
The day was really uneventful. Dave kept announcing that it was my last day, and it stung a little worse the later it got and the more it sunk in to me that I was leaving. Eighth period a bunch of kids hung around and brought brownies and food. One girl made me a personal brownie that was round and said “I’ll miss you” with music notes on it.
Dave said goodbye to me and shook my hand, clapped me on the shouder and said that I had done a good job, and the misty eyed-ness began. One of my flute girls hugged me goodbye and it was shortly after that I started crying. Gloria, the chorus teacher said goodbye to me, and I was already crying at that point, and then in the office Carrie just laughed at me and I cried more as I turned over my ID tag.
Then I got in my car and just sobbed, thinking about the fact that I would never drive to and from this place again or see my kids and teach them and watch them and help them improve. Then I started reading some of the things they wrote. One just said “Good Morning Miss Bostic!” in the same manner the student said it to me every day. Another said “thank you for teaching us, I’ll miss having you at lessons.” One girl who I helped through a tough time simply wrote “Thank you so much for everything.” There were numerous comments about my “great shoes.” And the girl who made brownies wrote “You’d better come visit.” I definitely will. I’m going to see their musical on Friday night, and I want to go to their concerts in May.
I can’t even describe how much I loved teaching at this school. I loved the kids, the schedule, office staff, my co-workers, everything. I have now done two days at my new school, and while I knew it would be different, I can’t bring myself to feel like this one is real.
Working with Dave I learned so many things about teaching and life. Due to his ideas about circulating and helping in classes that you aren’t teaching, I’ve already felt comfortable jumping in and helping with management issues and learning issues. I worked with a student today who is simply amazing. He has many things to overcome, and still is happy to learn and loves to talk about everything he does in school. I know I will like my new placement and become comfortable there, as I did with my middle school. I think it might happen faster because of everything I learned from Dave. And then in seven weeks I graduate, and find my own school to make my own. Time really does fly.
