Glimpse at the Weekend

Well to start off with some rather exciting news relating to that which really put me in the dumps last week…My U-Pass was turned in for the lost and found!! I left school a little early on Friday to go fill out paper work and pay to have a new one made, but despite being told not to bother calling, I had to! As I waited to get on my bus, I went through all the transfers and on hold to hear that they did have my pass, which made me ecstatic! I went and got it yesterday, a nice little trip by myself after school (I literally asked every bus driver or security guard/police officer on the corner where it was exactly that I was going). But I now have it back and will hopefully never lose it again!!
On Friday night I ate at a little diner in Wrigleyville and then with the group we went to an improve Shakespeare comedy show. I was a little skeptical about how it would be, but I laughed plenty and enjoyed the show.
Saturday morning I packed up my belongings and made the official move to my apartment. My parents arrived that afternoon with the rest of belongings and then I headed off with them to Kalamazoo, MI to spend a bit of time with my sister. I will admit that I had some nerves traveling back on Sunday. I think anytime I travel some where new, especially on my own, I will be nervous. I guess I worry about things a bit more than I realized!
So yeah, nothing too exciting for a weekend, but I enjoyed myself. Teaching hasn’t been real exciting yet either. Friday was a day of teacher meetings, which I actually enjoyed. The K-2 teachers met to discus the expectations for writing and the one kindergarten teacher seemed to be doing some great stuff in her class! I really enjoyed hearing what she had to say and think I would possibly like her class a bit more. Haha My teacher was out the last 2 days, so we have a sub that has to be pretty new to the teaching world. It is interesting to have her be the one in charge before I actually have observed the total function of the classroom. I am really finding out how far behind these kids are in reading and how much that affects all they do. I think some of them also have learned helplessness or are simply lazy. It seems like most the class needs help/ walked through each problem. I found today, many just raised their hand and said they needed help without even trying to read the problem…kind of frustrating!
Tonight was also my first night of my student teaching seminar class. OVERWHELMING! It seems like there is so much to get done and extra stuff to student teaching here. Not going to lie…I did leave a bit wondering why I was here. I feel like I could have gotten away with the semester being so much easier and more comfortable. But there is a reason I am here and I will grow and learn many new things. I just need to remember to look at the positive and not to have doubts so early on.