Day 29-31 - First "real" sickness of student teaching

The last few days have been a bit of a blur. It's getting to that point that I've gotten into a routine and I'm really comfortable in front of the class for however long I am given. One thing I've learned is that as a teacher you can't take yourself too seriously. At the end of the day, the students are kids and it's in their nature to be silly and "say the darndest things". For example, one student was looking for rhyming words and he thought "lidge" was a word. After I told him it wasn't a word I had ever heard and we couldn't find it in the dictionary, he insisted it was a word that has to do with a lime. Some teachers would get frustrated by the quasi-argument but it turns out that laughing about it is a million times easier.

Next week starts my solo week and I'm really excited about it. I have the freedom to plan the amount of time we spend on certain things and it'll be nice to really dive in and take full control over the class. This has been an incredibly enriching experience and I couldn't ask for anything more. Unfortunately, it's also an incredibly tiring experience so I'll have to leave it there for tonight.