Student Teaching

             This week felt very busy. It felt like I was stretched very thin and as I sit here and type my blog for the week I am feeling pretty burnt out. I had another 2 interviews this week, making that 5 interviews in 10 days, which has been exhausting, to say the least. Even though I felt like they were asking very similar questions today I just felt it very hard to give focused answers and feel like I was answering the questions well. It's not a good feeling but I just felt off today. As I sit back and reflect on all I have had going on while student teaching it just seems like life has been at turbo speed these past few months. I am a number one a Mom, a wife, a teacher, a trainer, a group exercise instructor, I work a fitness desk at my other job, I'm a student and as I think about the fact that on any given day I am all of those things I wonder how I have managed. Life truly has been crazy.              ...

             It's funny when I first started student teaching I was so on top of what week we were in as far as week 1 of student teaching, week 2, etc. And what I have noticed now being in week 12 is I didn't know what week number it was until looking at my other blogs. What this thought brings me to is that I have gotten so much more comfortable I feel like I finally feel like a "real" teacher and I have that confidence that I so desperately craved from the very beginning of this process. It's not that I ever dreaded student teaching but I was intimidated by the unknown. Now that I have gotten into a routine and feel I can really excel each day I am not as focused on counting down the days, instead, I'm making the days count! As other blogs have stated it truly has been a journey, and I truly have been able to grow. I have made mistakes, I've reflected on them and I have learned from them. I think just how we want to emphasize to our studen...