This has been a crazy ride. I am so busy and so exhausted all the time! If I'm not at work or doing homework I'm sleeping. Things have gotten more and more comfortable and easy every day but there are still little things that I struggle with. The last time I spoke with my supervising teacher about how I'm doing she said I need to be peppier and more vocal, and if you know me those are two things I struggle with. Early in the morning there is NO pep going on for me, but I'm trying and I'm still adjusting to this schedule. Vocal is something I struggle with too, I don't like to raise my voice even if its just so the kids can hear me over the music, it's not my personality. But again I'm trying and I can only get better. I was supposed to have my first site visit from a GCU faculty supervisor 2 weeks ago, well that hasn't happened. 200 points hanging in space because of her. Her car apparently broke down the day before she was scheduled to come, she has not emailed me back since then. No communication at all, so the end of last week I got in touch with the Student Teaching Specialist department at GCU and they are trying to figure out what is going on and how we can complete this site visit and the next 3 without a person here to do it. I PRAY tomorrow I find out something so we can get it done on Tuesday because I leave for graduation Tuesday after school and will lose 3 days in the classroom and Monday March 17 is the beginning of my last week at Holy Family. So many loopholes and so many things that stress me out, but I'm almost halfway done.
I will say I am going to miss the wonderful people I work with and the amazing kids when I move on to my next placement. The women I work with have been such a huge support system in all of the struggle and they have taught me so much. I have developed wonderful friendships that I hope will continue beyond this 8 weeks. I have met some of the greatest kids ever! They make me laugh, they make me smile, they make me feel loved, they frustrate me and so much more. I love this age group so much more than I ever imagined and honestly would love to teach this age in the future.
But for now I will keep moving forward and learning all I can.
I am graduating on Friday, even though I won't finish until May 25th and I am SO excited for this trip, it will be a wonderful time to celebrate and then I will be back to business on Monday!
