Hello-Goodbye!

I am done with my electronic portfolio. I never thought that I would finish that thing. I feel quite exhilarated. It is so nice to be done.

Which brings me to the hard part of this year. I am terrible at goodbyes. It started when I had to leave home after high school. I was going to Ecuador to attend Bible school. It was hard for me to leave. But when I left Ecuador it was even harder, because I knew that we all would never be there again. It would never be the same. it actually brings me to tears thinking about it now. I lived with these people for 8-9 months, we couldn't go home like people can at university. It broke my heart that I would not be close with these people. This separation almost feels as though you have to leave apart of yourself there. You have to strip apart of yourself off and lay it down because if you carry it with you and hold it close you can never be present.

I am still friends with people from Ecuador, but I find that when we get together we are still as close as ever.

Movie critiques to come-

The Lincoln Lawyer

Summer in Genoa

Waiting for Superman!

Oh the to-do list!

Well I did finish all that I wanted to finish yesterday, well actually I just finished them about 2 minutes ago. So I really did not finish all of the numbers on my todo list yesterday. This weekend is a packed weekend.

Today I am going for a walk with a friend, then going into Vancouver with a couple other friends.

It should be fun, I hope we do not spend a lot of money, because I do not really have much to be spending. That is the life of a college student, even a college grad. I am bombarded with opportunities to spend money and it is hard for me to turn them down all of the time. Usually those opportunities have to do with food, which is terrible because that is only satisfying for that moment. But I do love food. When I had a cold almost a month ago, I could not taste anything for over a week and that was a depressing week, also because I was really really sick.

Applications-what am I going to do?

So I have no idea what I am going to be next year. I just went to an information meeting about applying to the Abbotsford School District and I do not know what I am doing. I am so lazy. I have not really sent in one application yet. It is really hard for me to apply for certain things, because I have so much to do right now. I need to buckle down and do it.

I am slightly overwhelmed, so many things that I need to do. When this happens I can get quite complacent and just not do any of it. I need to make a list today, I will write it on here and check my status later.

1. send reference letters to character reference for BCCT

2. print out application to Calgary School District

3. fill out application

4. print out application to Langley School District

5. Fill out application

6. complete e-portfolio

7. go into my school

8. finish marking

9. have grads finalized

10. get my hair done

See how that can be overwhelming to even start. Some things may seem easy but there is always a second step to them.

I need to get 1,2,4,7,8,9,10 done today. It would be nice to get it all done today. but I am not superman!

well until then...

Reflection/ Mona Lisa

So today is my first day being done with student teaching. I have the whole week off and I am already missing my class. I am also slightly bored. This past semester has been amazing. I could not have asked for a better SA. I switched schools and SAs from last semester.

She has taught me so much about teaching. If you talk to students kindly and trust them they want to meet your expectations, but when you are always down on them they begin to feel as though they could never do anything right.

Above are a few pictures of projects that I did with my kids over the past semester.This first one is a Mona Lisa Collage. I had a picture of the Mona Lisa already cut up into 25 pieces and then I talked to them about Leonardo Da Vinci and the Mona Lisa, its history. Then students received a piece of paper and a picture. I let them swap if they wanted to. Then they duplicated that picture onto their bigger page. It turned out amazing. I also made sure to give the hands and face to people in my class that were more artistically inclined. Whenever someone walked into my classroom they always commented on it.