Practicum Day3

Today was long and difficult. We had to lead two classes. I got off easy since my second period was an activity period, but I couldn't decide at what point it was reasonably noisy for an activity and at what point it was too wild. I think accidentally gave out a red card to a kid who tried to say sheep but I thought it was "shut up". I feel really awful now knowing that I gave an unwarranted card out. Ugh. I want to be a better teacher, I want to hear better and not make mistakes like that again. We wound up playing hangman. Again. Like everyday except the first day I taught and my first period earlier today. My sense of time for these activities and for learning is pretty off. At least I haven't just walked out of the classroom when I had no slides left. I take that responsibility pretty seriously. And I'm being observed tomorrow. It wasn't supposed to be that way and I wasn't supposed to know, but due to some scheduling issues I am one of the last to be observed. My final class is tomorrow and I'm sure I have confused them a lot, though I hope they learned something. Whether that be "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade", "It's all a mystery to me", a fun new game involving action instead of words, ways to begin and end a letter in English, I just hope that they find it useful someday. Here's to a good last day of practicum, stepping into the classroom with a smile and becoming an incredible teacher and manager by the end of the year.

Jia yo!