REFLECTION BLOG

      Through out the physical poject for example shadowing my mentor, my goal remained the same through out the project.  My goals each time I saw my mentor was to try to talk to each kindergarden student as if i was talking to one of my friends cause I know if you try to baby talk the students, they will not learn their mistakes and learn that the students are wrong.  Each individual student is very different.  Before i use to think that each child was always cute, but I was very wrong!  There are some students who like to try and get attention on purpose, get introuble alot by being mean or disrespectful toards their classmates.  I also know how each teacher feels towards the end of the day and how hard it is.  I can see why certain teachers can loose their patcients with certain students and how much disrespect a teacher gets in one day.  By being a student myself and kind of being a teacher I saw both perspectives and how hard it is each end.  I also feel like i can speak in front of a class a little better than before.  I also feel like my comunication skill is better.  For example speaking to teachers because I would eat lunch with them in the teachers lounge and also towards the young ones that was inside Mrs. Fellners classroom.  Through out the whole physical portion of the project, I would still like to do this as a career but instead if doing just kindergarden I would like to see if I want to do middle and high school.

mentor log

 started: 19hours and 32mins
now: 5hours
overrall: 25hours and 2mins

 Today on May 14, 2013 i went to see my mentor.  What I did today was help Mrs. Fellner take down some of her art work, put some of her students classwork and art work inside their floders to take home and also made portfolios for the children.  Then they went and did their normal things that they do every single day.  They would do their activity work sheets, read outloud, and did group activities towards the end.  But they got to watch a movie today which was very interesting.  Overral it was a good day.  My goal was to make sure that i still wanted to continue this career when i get older and to also do not use baby talk when talking to the students because it will help them be treated as if they were teens.