The point of reflection

In reference to Mrs. Steven's blog, we deal with reflecting on the different times.

As I look through the mirror of the past, I see the great times and the bad times. But most importantly, I see the learning experiences from being in a classroom. Some experiences include dealing with a misbehaving kid, stormy weather, teaching in front of the classroom, and how to react to different situations.

When I first walked into the classroom, I was intimidated, nervous, and unsure of what to think. As that first year went under way, I began to feel more comfortable and confident about everything. In fact, now that I have completed two full years as a student intern, I am 100% percent sure that I want to be a teacher "when I grow up". Having this opportunity to decide what class I want to take for my intended major is a great way to see if the intended major is worth it for me.

I am now more than ever ready to be a teacher. Here is why. I love being around kids, I always have been bossy, and I feel as if I am really good at this... the teaching of kids. I haven't had a classroom closure quite yet, but I will this next week, because I am going after graduation. My feelings as I left were a bittersweet feeling, only because I will get to see them this next week. I will miss those crazy kids along with Mrs. Trott.

 

Animoto 2013

A thought of appreciation.

This week on Mrs. Stevens blog, we reflect on our teachers, past and present.

Even though there are many appreciation days for certain people, i.e. memorial day, labor day, mother's day, father's day, etc. There is one week that stands out for me. That week happens to be teacher appreciation week. I use this week to say thanks to every teacher that has helped me along the way.

I found this video on YouTube that explains everything that I am thankful and appreciate my teachers for doing.

Along with Teacher appreciation week, I wrote a letter to my band director. Here is what I wrote him.

Dear Mr. Hull,

            I appreciate everything that you do to make this band successful in every way. With those long hours that you put in and selfless planning in making our marching band show a show to remember. I am inspired by your optimistic view of the potential to make the band great.

                                         Thank you so much for everything.

                                                                                    Rachel Woods

Teachers, I appreciate everything that you have to put up with and all of the late papers. Thank you.

Parents

    This week on Mrs. Stevens blog, there is controversy of the teacher's side of view and the parent's side of view when it comes to how a student learns and grows.

    As a student intern, I see the different sides of the education process. I see that the parents will more likely listen to their kid over the teacher. I also see that the teacher sees a different side of the child's characteristics. There should be a compromise of the teacher and parent by listening to each other along with helping each side as best as possible.

    When thinking about the professions that are out there, I can think of four immediately. Doctors, Teachers, Architects, and Lawyers. Out of the four, the only one that makes the others exist is teaching. Without teaching, the other professions would be useless. In other words, I believe that being a teacher is the highest of all of the professionals. Of they are not perfect, no one is. everyone makes mistakes, so it is alright to question even the highest paying professionals.   However, the adults are not always to blame. The students are in charge of whether or not their schoolwork gets finished and turned in. In fact, students should take responsibility for their actions once school begins.



    Students can't really learn how to take responsibility for their actions, if their parents are always making excuses for their child. The saying of "Oh, they're just kids" is implying that it is alright to make excuses and not really pull the weight. When these kids grow up, they will not take responsibility and make excuses all of the time.

    By not taking responsibility for one's actions, the affect in the future will be relied on the parents and other responsible people. After a while, there will not be enough responsible people for each excuse maker.

   

Invite Creativity.

This week on Mrs. Stevens blog, creativity matters.n

To me, creativity is a great way to express the differences of learning, and visual features. Along with the expressions of the differences, there is the feeling of being different. Being different from the non-creative, boring life serves many purposes for the human race. Some examples of creativity are; taking songs with certain lyrics and change them up to mean something totally different, taking a normal picture and add/take away features or use different colors to create something totally different.



In education, the main focus is on getting students to pass their classes with an one answered key and only one true way to finish an assignment or project. With this process, students lose some to all of their creative strokes that make certain pieces of work stand out, by the end of their senior year of high school. In other words, creativity matters quite a bit. I watched a video that talked about how creativity influences the student  to achieve more and be more focused in school. The artists usually can not think about what the teacher is saying, unless they are doodling. Though it may sound odd, it helps in the long end with brain juices.



The only way we can fix the lack of creativity is to encourage daily creative activities/lessons that will involve the student and keep them focused..... for the most part. Another way to fix this problem is to encourage more creative classes to be mandatory as well as the four regulars. Or some of the regulars can just be cut out. For instance, Science. It isn't really needed unless one would be majoring in a science.

Appearance counts

This week on Mrs. Stevens blog, we talked about the first appearances when interviewing for jobs.

When it comes to professionalism, the right attire helps to get the job. The employer does not want to see someone coming in for a job interview that is dressed in painting shirts, really short skirts, or hair all messed up. The way someone comes in is the way the employers believe that the person lives.



Not only does the employer look for the way a person dresses, but also how the person acts around them. If  the employer feels as if the person that is getting interviewed is acting nervous or not paying attention, then they will look for someone else. The key is confidence. With confidence, there is a want to be an employee in the specific company. However, being overconfident can lead to an uneasiness to the employer. The importance to the professional attire is to show the future employer that there is a defined want to access the job and that it is important.

This is what not to wear to an interview.

Break! For Spring

As the end of a marvelous spring break comes to an end. I have to say, that I feel very accomplished. I made up my mind before this break even started that my room was going to become clean. Many may ask why my room wasn't already clean and why I was waiting until Spring Break to start. Here is why I waited.

My family built our house back in 03. The original design was calling for three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a game room on the second floor. However, since I was only 8 and my brothers are younger than I am, my parents decided to close the game room and make it a bedroom. I got the second biggest bedroom in the house with the most windows.

After almost 10 years, my room was looking quite small, with all of the furniture and junk that had invaded my room. Since I am moving out in a few months, I thought no better time than to clean my room. I am happy to say that I have successfully cleaned my room in six days.

I have done other things besides clean my room. One of the other things that I have done is go to the money making plant in Fort Worth. It is a free way to learn hands on how our US currency is made. Note, it does not include coins, only paper money. There are many things that are allowed to do while at the Bureau. Usually during spring break there are certain people that come to the Fort Worth and show what they do. One person showed of how to recover money, and another showed how to engrave on metal. It was a true experience.


 The best part of the experience was seeing the stacks and stacks of the money becoming money. The money isn't called money until it goes through the vault at the end of the line.