I made it (again)! This time, one ENTIRE school year! It is a relief to have some more experience under my belt. Teaching truly does get easier with time, but there is so much to learn still.
Here are my goodbyes from the academic year 2010-2011...
My coworker, Dan. He is moving back to Utah...no, not a BYU boy at all, but a great friend and coworker. He will be missed next year.
My Period 1 students: responsible, hard working, and definitely my best behaved class. I will miss our pre-1st period dance parties...
My mentor teacher, Camille. She guided me through our Socratic seminar, feudalism simulation, field trip, and so much more! She is a a great pal and listener when I needed to vent. I hope to work with her next year too...heaven knows, I still need a lot of help!
Day1 Period 3 kids. They were a rowdy bunch, but had a lot of personality. They were the only class that got the "farwell dance" by me...what is the farewell dance? Oh, well dancing to The Black Eyed Peas 'Dirty Bit.' Yah, they had no idea Ms. Baer has so many moves. I'm pretty sure they posted my dance on facebook. Good thing I'm not running for president...
3rd period students...
Day 1 Period 2 kids. My best participants by far. I told them a lot about my life because they were always so interested to know things about me. They had a lot of spunk and personality. We struggled at the beginning, but they became one of my favorite classes by the end of the year.
Day 2 Period 3. My smallest class. We had a lot of heart-to-hearts and really enjoyed the small, eclectic class of ours. I was relaxed in this class. I loved it, so did they.
Day 2 Period 4. My biggest class. They had their crazy and their apathetic days but a lot of bright students who desired to learn and succeed.
My freshman social studies "team" minus Dan (from above). Jamie and I collaborated a ton and managed to do less work between the 2 of us...Mark was there for some of the meetings. It was fun to be on this team of people. Great educators and a lot to learn from everyone.
Ms. W. She was like my mom at school. She is so soothing and kind. She is a professional developer and gave me great advice for my classroom. Her vote of confidence in me and my abilities was incredible. I am happy to work with her next year and continue to grow in my knowledge of literacy and skillful teaching next school year.
My friend, Ashley, who will be teaching Special Ed history next year so we will be collaborating a lot in the future. Such a great person!
And yes, I wore the robe at graduation on Saturday. Hard to believe I am considered a faculty member who molds students' futures. Yah, did I ever think I would be doing this job? No. But it's right and where God wants me to be. I am so grateful to be a teacher.
Yet, I am SO grateful for summer vacation!
Goodbye students for 2 months!
Hello, summer vacation!
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!
We "waddle" in line; hence mocking the 15 year old white trash couples that can't take themselves away from each other whilst waiting in line.
We pretend that we're too short for a ride when in reality, we're tall enough.
We desire to wear "Team Boop" booty shorts to show our cheer...and our not-so-small booties.
We would actually say this to each other...in reality...
We make fun of and act out random signs: "Seat restraints may not accomodate guests with certain body dimensions."
We sleep 3 in a king size bed and drool on ourselves. Eeew, Sarah!
We pretend like we're an intelligent version of Cousin It
We can't figure out which ear is bigger...
Have I mentioned that I love my friends?? We sure get craz-y and I love it!
