When I first began my placement in Kindergarten this semester, I felt a little bit like a fish out of water.  The kids were really sweet, and I really liked getting to know them, but Kindergarten was so different from the fourth grade class I left (and loved), I wasn’t sure if I was going [...]

With the new semester, I have begun my new field placement which is at McNair Discovery Learning Academy in Kindergarten.   The past week and a half has been quite a learning experience.  Since I was in fourth grade last semester, my students were relatively self-sufficient, and although I had to explain things to them when [...]

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 [...]

I wanted to take this opportunity to appologize for my small mindedness while trying to brainstorm about the PSP in class.  As a quick way to get the list cut, I suggested not looking at the issues we had listed in the Global category, and now that I am taking this time to reflect on [...]

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It’s hard to believe that Maymester is already over, and it is even harder to think about how much I have learned these past three weeks.   I can honestly say that I have learned more in these past three weeks of class than my four years in undergrad.  Although some of the material we discussed [...]

I absolutely loved going to Idlewood Elementary School today.   I knew that I wanted to be a teacher, but those feelings were 100% confirmed when we were in the classrooms working with the students.  I really enjoyed the activity when we were discussing how we can be good teachers – it was so funny to [...]

I still can not stop thinking about the article Melissa brought in today for the Daily News – and I actually just finished printing it out so I can read it myself.  Based on what Melissa said about the article, it seems to be another way that the system continues to feed children, in particular [...]

I think teaching is all of these things.  As we have discussed in class, and as the way the education system stands, teaching is definitely a political field.  The students who have been excelling in school have been the students who come from middle to upper middle class families.  Also, these students are not picked [...]

The birthday cake that Kay brought in today reminded me of an idea that I had for my future classes, and I wanted to share it with all of you.  I volunteer at an organization in Buckhead  called BCM (Buckhead Christian Ministry) and it serves the working poor of Atlanta.  A few volunteers started a program [...]