Student Teaching: My Last Week at the Middle School

I am now eight weeks into my student teaching experience. I really have learned a lot, though it is very difficult to put it into words. I have found that every aspect of this experience seems to have a duality to it. Some students really like me, and others don’t. Many students are learning a lot from me, and I am unable to reach others. Every teacher has their difficulties, but I think that student teaching comes with a bit of an unfair disadvantage.

Why a disadvantage? Well, there is so much that as a student teacher, I really don’t have going for me. Such as the fact that I am temporary, and the kids know it. I haven’t had the time to build up a solid foundation with them, and because of that many students don’t feel they have to respect me. These students have forced me to give out a lot of detentions, an act that I honestly thought I could avoid. It shows I am pretty green I guess. I can only hope that those students learn something from our little lunch time discussions.

After next week, I move over to the High School for a couple months. I can hardly wait. Perhaps the lessons I have already taken up will allow it to be a more successful time. Again, I will be teaching out of my subject area, but environmental science is much closer to biology than electronics is (though I am teaching chemistry at the middle school this week and next.)

I am going to miss the students. I like every one of them, and hope I can remember them for the years to come. They are all great kids, even the ones that have some issues to work on before they can succeed in life.

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