Well, we have not been doing too well on keeping this blog updated, but we've decided its about...time. Time is an interesting phenomenon. This man-made mode of keeping track of our comings, goings, activities, etc. Sometimes it seems as if time stands still. Other times it seems there is not enough time in a day to do all that is needful.
The latter is how I have been feeling lately. Wake up, rush off to teach Heavenly Father's sweet little children, come home, make lesson plans, teach piano, if I'm lucky try to make dinn
er before Ben gets home, if I'm not lucky just grab a snack and rush off to the library to make more lesson plans, come home and then finally crash on the bed (or if I can't make it all the way to the bed, I'll be on the couch). That is how I've been spending my time lately. But my first block of student teaching in a first grade classroom has come to an end. This very moment I am taking a break from writing up my final undergrad paper/project...the dreaded TEACHER WORK SAMPLE (which in my opinion does not show one's ability to teach, but just one's ability to interpret graphs).
Tomorrow everything changes.
I will begin my student teaching in a music classroom at a different elementary school. I'm almost positive this will not be nearly as demanding on my time. I am looking forward to having evenings open and free to other activities besides trying to find the perfect way to teach contractions or subtracton methods. Don't get me wrong...I LOVE teaching ALL subjects to children, but I am just MORE passionate about teaching music to children. I will not have to be observed nearly as much and I will not have to worry about the TWS any longer!
Come April 23-24, I will be finished with my undergrad degree...after 5 whole years! I loved every minute of it! I feel ready to move upward and onward with my life! I have NO IDEA what I'll be doing after graduation. I could teach a classroom, I could teach a music class, I could have kids and teach from my home. I just don't know! Ben still has another 2 years before he finishes his undergrad so I guess we'll be in Provo for a while. Our time here has been fabulous.
Now I just feel like I'm rambling on...but oh well...I'd rather be spending my time keeping up on capturing life in words than analyzing assessment graphs and writing about how I accommodated a unit test for my class.
Ben and I might be going to Trinidad and Guyana this summer! Ben served his mission there and opportunity arose for us to go down and visit/be involved in a humanitarian aid project. We'll be delivering rice packaging machines and teaching the people how to use them. The packaging is water proof and air-tight. This will be helpful in the areas because they have problems with flooding. This packaging will help them store and preserve rice and other food staples. The church will be shipping the machines down for us and we will serve a deliverers and trainers to the people. Everything has been falling into place so nicely. We feel blessed for this opportunity. Check out this video link about it : (FYI the news guy messed up...Guyana is on the northern tip of South America NOT South Africa! )
The latter is how I have been feeling lately. Wake up, rush off to teach Heavenly Father's sweet little children, come home, make lesson plans, teach piano, if I'm lucky try to make dinn
er before Ben gets home, if I'm not lucky just grab a snack and rush off to the library to make more lesson plans, come home and then finally crash on the bed (or if I can't make it all the way to the bed, I'll be on the couch). That is how I've been spending my time lately. But my first block of student teaching in a first grade classroom has come to an end. This very moment I am taking a break from writing up my final undergrad paper/project...the dreaded TEACHER WORK SAMPLE (which in my opinion does not show one's ability to teach, but just one's ability to interpret graphs).Tomorrow everything changes.
I will begin my student teaching in a music classroom at a different elementary school. I'm almost positive this will not be nearly as demanding on my time. I am looking forward to having evenings open and free to other activities besides trying to find the perfect way to teach contractions or subtracton methods. Don't get me wrong...I LOVE teaching ALL subjects to children, but I am just MORE passionate about teaching music to children. I will not have to be observed nearly as much and I will not have to worry about the TWS any longer!
Come April 23-24, I will be finished with my undergrad degree...after 5 whole years! I loved every minute of it! I feel ready to move upward and onward with my life! I have NO IDEA what I'll be doing after graduation. I could teach a classroom, I could teach a music class, I could have kids and teach from my home. I just don't know! Ben still has another 2 years before he finishes his undergrad so I guess we'll be in Provo for a while. Our time here has been fabulous.
Now I just feel like I'm rambling on...but oh well...I'd rather be spending my time keeping up on capturing life in words than analyzing assessment graphs and writing about how I accommodated a unit test for my class.
Ben and I might be going to Trinidad and Guyana this summer! Ben served his mission there and opportunity arose for us to go down and visit/be involved in a humanitarian aid project. We'll be delivering rice packaging machines and teaching the people how to use them. The packaging is water proof and air-tight. This will be helpful in the areas because they have problems with flooding. This packaging will help them store and preserve rice and other food staples. The church will be shipping the machines down for us and we will serve a deliverers and trainers to the people. Everything has been falling into place so nicely. We feel blessed for this opportunity. Check out this video link about it : (FYI the news guy messed up...Guyana is on the northern tip of South America NOT South Africa! )
Time to say goodbye and be more productive with my time. May all who reads this find happiness and joy this moment in time.
