Yes, it has been one of those crazy times when I start sending my parent random e-mails with "Yes, I am still alive and well" in the subject line. :)
Let's rewind a bit and I take you through a couple scenes:
Went to an AMAZING CCTEC conference in Indiana for a weekend, subsequently learned alot about third culture kids (TCKs) who will make up the majority of the student populations in the schools where we will be Student teaching. (I say we in reference to the many colleges represented at the conference.) I also found out that two other lovely ladies will be student teaching in Prague (woohooo-people to vent my student teaching woes to!) The entire experience was very informative, practical and exhausting. And my wonderful aunt and uncle were so gracious and let me crash at their place after all-night train rides. Not to mention eating amazing home-made oatmeal and Burmese food and thrift-store shopping! (Check out new blue vintage suitcase-I'm beginning a collection.:)
FINALS:
Thuroughly scandalized my poetry class by doing my poetry presentation on Jeannan Verlee. We all worked on a poetry prompt based on some of her (quite raw) list poems. In some of the interviews she mentions how most adults are intimidated by her, but many teenage girls run up after poetry slams to give her hugs exclaming that she seems to be the only one that understands. Definitely powerful.
Finished practicum-definitely am going to miss it. Sure there was that lesson where the putty was being thrown, colored pencils were everywhere etc...but those times when students are engaged...are actually excited about learning makes it all worth it. http://alittleschooling.wordpress.com/
Basically got off free as far as finals-no big papers or tests! Basically amounts to a couple reflection paragraphs and some guest speakers..oh, and for one class a "garden party"-(I am haunted by the cheesiness of us all trying to maintain our collegiate dignity while sipping tea with our pinkies out-and of course, the ever-so knowledgeable facial expression-it is all very funny.)
SPRING:
The trees have started blooming...you can smell the blossoms quite a ways off. It's glorious and makes me crave spur-or-the-moment picnics. It feels like a scene from Anne of Green Gables. (Although I am taking a canoing course-I have yet to act out the death scene from LADY OF SHALLOT:)
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