I know it has been a few weeks since I have last posted, and I have so many things to share with you! Since I have a little bit of time to spare this morning, I thought I would share a little about my new experience at the high school to catch you up a little with the bigger happenings in my life.
Monday October 24th was my very first day at the high school. Not one of my experiences has been in a high school up to this point, so as you can imagine I was pretty nervous about it. Also if you remember from my second posting, many people from the area had told me some weapons might be something I should invest in before coming here.
I woke up at 5:15 that morning got ready and headed out the door. As you all know it is exceptionally dark out at this time in the morning and I am driving to a school I have never been to and have no idea where to park. Of course I park in the student part, because I can never get anything right the first time. Trial and error is my forte.
I walk into the building filled with students that hover over me. I was like a baby fish in a big pond trying to push my way through so I could find the office. I filled out some paperwork, got a parking sticker for my car and an Id to wear. On of the assistant principles showed me around the building, introduced me to a few people and told me information about the school. The school is two stories and is the biggest school I had ever been to. Remember I'm a small town girl and my school contained grades 6-12th and our graduating class was 130 people. This High school contains grades 10-12 and has around 3,000 students. Talk about a huge difference!
She then showed me to my room where I would be spending the rest of my 8 weeks here. My teacher is very nice, energetic and sarcastic. She has so many great ideas and I love to pick her brain. I wasn't quite sure how she would be at first, but she is very encouraging to me when I talk to her about my struggles or fears. This I am very appreciative of. "It won't always be this way. Right now you have to concentrate on content, lessons etc. because you are still learning the basics. Over time as those areas become more natural to you the rest will fall into place." Thats very encouraging to someone who struggles with wondering if they are ever doing anything right and works really hard to do the best that they can.
I also met all of the kids which went pretty well besides the boys thinking that Im around their age and think that its ok to hit on me. I met the other art teachers at the school and a few more teachers. At the end of the day I had to attend a meeting for new teachers in which we talked about teaching strategies and procedures at the school. Then at 4:30 my first day at the High school was finally complete. The first day had gone better than I thought and I enjoyed it more than I thought I would and I didn't even need to use any weapons!
Thank you to all of you who have been praying for me and being supportive in your messages, texts, or calls!!! I appreciate it bunches!
Monday October 24th was my very first day at the high school. Not one of my experiences has been in a high school up to this point, so as you can imagine I was pretty nervous about it. Also if you remember from my second posting, many people from the area had told me some weapons might be something I should invest in before coming here.
I woke up at 5:15 that morning got ready and headed out the door. As you all know it is exceptionally dark out at this time in the morning and I am driving to a school I have never been to and have no idea where to park. Of course I park in the student part, because I can never get anything right the first time. Trial and error is my forte.
I walk into the building filled with students that hover over me. I was like a baby fish in a big pond trying to push my way through so I could find the office. I filled out some paperwork, got a parking sticker for my car and an Id to wear. On of the assistant principles showed me around the building, introduced me to a few people and told me information about the school. The school is two stories and is the biggest school I had ever been to. Remember I'm a small town girl and my school contained grades 6-12th and our graduating class was 130 people. This High school contains grades 10-12 and has around 3,000 students. Talk about a huge difference!
She then showed me to my room where I would be spending the rest of my 8 weeks here. My teacher is very nice, energetic and sarcastic. She has so many great ideas and I love to pick her brain. I wasn't quite sure how she would be at first, but she is very encouraging to me when I talk to her about my struggles or fears. This I am very appreciative of. "It won't always be this way. Right now you have to concentrate on content, lessons etc. because you are still learning the basics. Over time as those areas become more natural to you the rest will fall into place." Thats very encouraging to someone who struggles with wondering if they are ever doing anything right and works really hard to do the best that they can.
I also met all of the kids which went pretty well besides the boys thinking that Im around their age and think that its ok to hit on me. I met the other art teachers at the school and a few more teachers. At the end of the day I had to attend a meeting for new teachers in which we talked about teaching strategies and procedures at the school. Then at 4:30 my first day at the High school was finally complete. The first day had gone better than I thought and I enjoyed it more than I thought I would and I didn't even need to use any weapons!
Thank you to all of you who have been praying for me and being supportive in your messages, texts, or calls!!! I appreciate it bunches!
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