Highlight of the Day

I was at the mall yesterday at one o'clock in the afternoon, and as I walked out of a store I hear, "Miss Blanchard!"

I turn to see one of my students standing there with her mother. "Hello, Tasia!"

"I thought I'd never see you again!" she said, giving me a big hug.

"I'm glad you did. Hey, shouldn't you be in school?"

"The teacher's boring. I got out early."

"I can see that. Well, have a good holiday break, okay."

"Okay... Hey, Miss Blanchard."

"Yeah."

"You look twenty-one now."

"Thanks, Tasia. Have a good day."

"Bye, Miss Blanchard!"

"Bye, Tasia."

Last Day

Yesterday was my last day working with my seventh grade students. As I completed their final lesson, I was met with mixed emotions. I was relieved to have survived my first self-constructed unit plan, but I was left with the feeling that I could have done better by them. I put everything I had into this unit, but I was learning so much each day about teaching and relating to students that I know I got monumentally better by the end, and I only wish I could have started how I ended. Fortunately, that is what next semester is for.

I found out about my new placement, and I couldn't be more excited. I am in a rural school at a freshman campus teaching English. I have already found out that I will be responsible for teaching the Odyssey and parts of speech. I met my new CT and one of her classes of students. Everything about this new placement seems wonderful. The students were welcoming, the principal and the two assistant principals all introduced themselves to me on the first day I stopped by. And, best of all, my new CT loves her job. I can already tell that her positive energy is going to be infectious. She is very well liked by her students and has a good report with her fellow staff members. Though I know I will miss my current placement, I also know what I have ahead and I cannot help but be excited.