Friday September 25th was my first day attending my elementary. To me the nervousness that I felt was not about going into the school but being able to find the school in general. After having to turn around a couple of times I finally reached my destination. My first thought when seeing the school was how big it was, I could not believe that this big school was an elementary school. Once finding a parking spot I made my first trip of many up those big steps.
After signing in and getting all my paperwork situated in the Main Office, I along with another VIPS student awaited the directions for the room in which we were meeting our advisor. On my arrival to the room a wave of relief rushed over me as I recognized a fellow classmate in the meeting room. During this meeting time our advisor went through what was expected of us and gave us all examples of what we will be doing for lessons with our groups of children. I found this meeting to be very helpful and really gave me a good idea what we would be doing and how things should be done.
My first experience there I feel went very well. I cannot wait until my return and to finally be able to work with the children. From my observation on how the school is run I fell as thought this is a great educational environment. The teachers from what I observed in the hallways all seem friendly and welcoming. I am glad that I have been welcomed into this school and cannot wait to have what I hope will be a great experience working with these teachers and students.
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Hi Laci,
ReplyDeleteI look forward to your future observations--particularly, your connections to course themes and readings. Meanwhile, it is important that you edit your post immediately. You need to use pseudonyms for your school, the teachers, and the students. Please take care of this ASAP.
See you in class,
Dr. August
Hey Laci =)
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you had a great first experience! I feel like I might have been the only one who didn't get lost forever; it's a good thing I didn't since my school was right down the street from me! And I know what you're saying about the size of the elementary - mine was huge! When I went to elementary school, we only have three classrooms each with twenty students, so I was atonished at the size of the school. Also, I understand how you felt with being nervous onn your first day. I was so nervous the whole morning of, and even more nervous upon entering the school! I don't think I really calmed down until I got into the classroom and Mrs.Kelly (my classroom teacher) introduced me to the class, and the children responded in their usual chorus-like "hello". You're lucky that you had a fellow classmate their to help calm your nerves! On my way to finding my classroom, I walked into the wrong classroom thinking it was the one that I had scribbled on my paper and in that classroom was also a fellow classmate. That is when I finally started to feel relieved, but that was pulled from me once the teacher announced that the classroom I was looking for was next door. It sounds like you had a great, but nerve racking, first experience. Hope they all went as well as this one did! =)