New Trimester

Today was the start of a new trimester with dozens of new faces. As my time is coming to an end at my student teaching placement, the education of these students is really just getting underway. A student told me today how hard it is having student teachers in class because the students get to know them and trust them, and then they up and leave. If the students feel the sudden detachment, I can only imagine how I will feel when I have to say my final goodbyes. I have already arranged to stay at least three extra days with my students, but I am afraid this will not suffice. I am busily applying to jobs right now so that, with any luck, after the start of my next school year I will be seeing many faces over and over and over again. I can only hope that I find a school that fits me as well as where I am now.