PhyreBards

I must be honest that I am much more excited and relieved about doing my mounds of homework than I am about preparing for a week of teaching. Last week was stressful. The kids were great though and I think that by the end of the week I found my groove.

Funny story from my teaching:
I was really stressed about what to teach on my last day, Friday, and I came in early to brainstorm some ideas with Mrs. Garrison. Unfortunately, she was little help and too preoccupied with grading the students' research papers. However, with some collaboration we were able to throw something solid together, but I was worried that it would take less time and I would be left with awkward fifteen minutes in the period. After the students had filed in and the bell sounded...A FIRE DRILL...I do not think I have ever been so excited for a fire drill in my entire life. The fire drill definitely helped my cause and Mrs. Garrison and I had a giggle out in the parking lot together about how excited I was. It was neat because I thought that this gave us a couple of steps in our relationship, as cheesy as that sounds.

So in other news, I am getting really pumped about student teaching and I think that Mrs. Garrison and I are going to be a good partnership. Only a little bit longer until we are teaching everyday, not just five :)

So I was in the grocery store this afternoon picking up a few items to sustain me through this last week, and I hear "Hi, Ms. Szwedo." Completely taken aback for a moment and realizing someone was talking to me and not my mom, I paused before acknoweldging one of my students. I'm still young, I can't be a ms. already, and how weird is it to see a student outside of the classroom? I felt like a fish out of water. I guess we are really growing up, and it's only going to get worse once we start student teaching and eventually getting a job. A job...that reminds me we're officially moving on to a professional world. As i'm dreading this week because it is crunch time and I have a lot due, I realized that I'm not entirely ready for college to be over. So here's to finals week and still being a kid in college! Good luck this week everyone!