It’s hard to believe that in a few short days, Fall Semester 2008 will be over!  After looking back and reflecting on how much I have learned, grown, and changed over the past semester, it’s hard to believe that it all happened in a few short months.  I think one of my biggest accomplishments over the past four/five months has been finding my teacher’s voice.  I know that I would not have been able to be successful in the fourth grade, or realize how much I like teaching fourth grade, without it.

Another thing that I have accomplished this semester has been becoming better at adjusting to constant change.  In my last placement, I dealt with losing a mentor teacher, getting a new one, departmentalizing fourth grade, and then tracking all of the fourth grade students as well.  This definitely made me realize that I need to be prepared to adapt to change next year when I am on my own.

As cliche or trite as it may sound, it is nice going through all of these changes with a group of people who understand what you are going through and who are dealing with the same things.  I know all of us are looking forward to the break, but I also know that next semester when we start our classes at GSU again, we will go back to being the support system that we have become for one another.