Yay so guess what, thanks to the big hearts and help of VL and JO I am finally done grading. I'm not completely happy though because I was a b*tch to one of my students for like no reason. If you're reading this, once again, I'm sorry. I tried to right my wrong, and hopefully it will go through by the appropriate time tomorrow. I'm excited about the banquet tomorrow though, and a little scared because I have to walk up and speak in front of my students, their families and my supervisors. Anyone who knows me know that I don't 'do' microphones and large groups. Before this summer with Challenge actually, I didn't even 'do' the whole teaching thing, my biggest fear actually. When I begged to get the position back though (they had tried looking for someone else) I knew that if I got it my shyness would have to be left behind. I think I have been quite transparent and approachable to my students though. I think they've observed me being myself for the most part, maybe a more conservative, semi-professional me... but me none the less. Today one of my supervisors asked me what I thought about one of my students and I was like they're really cool and then he told me that she had said I was her favorite teacher. I just thought that was so sweet, honestly I teared up just a little. Helping others and trying to impact their lives positively in some way is something dear to my heart, so even if she didn't really learn anything if I helped to make her Challenge experience a little more pleasant than I feel great about it. Also, I read one of my students papers today... actually I saved it as the last paper I would grade because I wanted to make sure I read it as carefully as possible and I was just so proud of how she wrote and how much she had improved with one of the things we had worked on. I don't know why God has given me such a heavy heart for people in terms of interpersonal relationships and the baackdrop of education, but feeling like you've found your niche or just a snippet of your passion is just sooooo awesome.
Posted on 7.27.2006 at 11:55 PM
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