Spring Break :)

I am officially on Spring Break now (much needed, I might add) and am flying to Seattle in a few hours. I am going to see my new nephew and hang out with my sister and brother-in-law. I think it’s supposed to be cold and rainy the whole time we are there, but that is just fine with me. I’m pretty sure I’ll be inside holding Gabriel most of the time.

School this week was pretty good, but Thursday and Friday were kind of hard because the students were so anxious to go home and relax or go to their spring break destinations. I am officially half-way through my student teaching… and I just really can’t believe that right now. Somehow it goes really quickly but really slowly at the same time… hmmm, try to figure that one out.

Bonne semaine!

la vie au lycée

Tomorrow starts the week before Spring Break at school. Friday also marks the half-way point of my student teaching experience. I have a feeling that it will be sort of a rough week as far as motivation goes. I have to say, though, I can’t blame the students. The weather is getting nice, and I think we all just need a break so that we can go outside and enjoy it. As far as my teaching goes, I feel like I am making good progress in most of the classes… but sometimes it just feels like one step forward and two steps back. C’est la vie, I suppose.
I only have about six weeks until I graduate… crazy.

three weeks down

I have now completed three weeks of my student teaching experience, and I am of course finding it quite challenging as far as finding the time to do all the planning, grading, cultural reference researching, and purdue assigments. I am, however, learning so much every day that I teach, and I know that jumping in there and learning from my own mistakes is really the only way to do this.

I am glad to report that Gabriel is doing much better – he is eating well and gaining weight. I am a little jealous that his other aunt and grandparents are visiting him this week, but I do get to visit two weeks from now
Marley is doing well – I had the chance to see her yesterday which was the best birthday present of all.