Done with State...

It feels nice to be done with everything at State. I'm excited to have student teaching as the only thing I really have to focus on. I think I can really go back to being the enthusiastic teacher I thought I would be every day, the one that disappeared in mid-february and reappeared on random Thursdays or Fridays. For a really long time, the funnest part about student teaching has been the time before and after class when I was able to talk to students about anything in the world.

I'd like to do something nice for my students at the end of the semester. I remember my history teacher senior year in high school made a cake for all of us. We were the WORST students, though. It was a really nice thing for him to do. I remember when he pulled the cake out of this cabinet with a knife and everything, I didn't really trust the guy. His face kind of resembled Patrick Bateman from American Psycho, but others said he looked more like Patrick Swayze or Stretch Armstrong. But I'll always remember how even though we were monsters in his class, at the end of the year there were no hard feelings. I'm just wondering what I can do other than baking a cake. Ha. Maybe putting together a little personalized book for all of them would be decent. Who knows? All I know is I have enough time now to make it all happen.

The semester at State went by so quickly. I remember being in the basement of Burk Hall for the first time for that interview a year ago. And now there's a whole new crop of credential program folks that are finishing up their first semesters. I just found out the other day one of my master teachers has a new student teacher! I'm being replaced... Alright, gotta get to the park to relax some.