As I mentioned last week, I spent the past 4 weeks in a 6th grade classroom for my first practicum rotation. Honestly, going into it, I didn't expect to get much out of it. I pretty much had my heart set on teaching high school. But now, I'm not sure that's entirely the case. I … Continue reading My Middle School Practicum Experience
I am in my fourth and final week of my middle school practicum. For those of you who are not familiar with teacher vernacular, let me explain what practicum is. Practicum is done before you student teach to give you some experience in a real classroom. You co-teach and assist and hopefully teach on your … Continue reading The ONE Big Thing People Don’t Tell you about Teaching
You know what's really cool? Seeing yourself make progress and accomplish things you never thought you could do! When I started college three years ago, I had no idea what I wanted to do besides be a history teacher. Then I found out we had to add concentrations. I took geography, psychology, and sociology my … Continue reading Accomplishments and Progress
This is my third semester being a TA for an introductory history course. I did a post last year around this time called "Advice from a TA" (read it here). I think a lot of these points are relevant a year later. I want to rehash these as well as add more that I have … Continue reading 10 Tips from a TA
Starting a new week of college is a crazy experience! There is so much to do, see, and learn. People often refer to the first week of classes as "Syllabus Week," because professors often go over the syllabus in the first couple of days of the semester. Most of the time, professors try to ease … Continue reading Surviving the First Week of a New School Year
School is starting soon for a lot of places. Many high schools have started or are starting this week, and colleges are not far behind. I'm entering my senior year of college, so hopefully by now I have figured some things out. What I want to do today is unpack my backpack, similar to showing … Continue reading My College Backpack
I don't know how much you listen to country music, but there's a pretty popular song out there by Thomas Rhett called "Life Changes". It's super cute and talks about his life story. But I really like the chorus. A couple lines say "You never know what's gonna happen. You make your plans and you … Continue reading Life Changes
I know I've written posts about college life for me before (specifically What People Don’t Tell You about College and What I Learned my First Semester of College… that did not Require a Textbook). But I haven't really discussed the more negative things about college. Because I have to be honest with you: college is stressful. I'm winding … Continue reading College is…
I have a confession to make. Actually, no. I have a statement to make. A confession makes is sound like I'm ashamed. I'm not ashamed of it. I am the worse roommate. Please don't misunderstand. I'm not a bad roommate, but comparatively, I am the worse roommate. For starters, I am messier than my roommate. … Continue reading How it Feels to be the Worse Roommate
I can't believe college has officially started for me this week! Sometimes, I feel like the summer flew by, and other times, I feel like the summer seemed to go really slowly. It may be because there were weeks I was really busy, causing time to go faster, and there were weeks I was not … Continue reading Home Sweet Home?
