I'm a Teacher!

Friday was my last day at my student teaching site. I can't believe it's really over. It was a very bittersweet day. I've grown to really love the kids I teach. Thing haven't always gone great, but they're all amazing in their own way. My 5th period kids threw me a surprise party, and I cried. There was food and music and balloons, and a cake. They all signed a card for me, which was so sweet. One student gave me a little stuffed frog, another wrote me an amazing letter saying how much I touched her life. My clinical instructor gave me a really sweet card and a gift certificate to WalMart. Another teacher at the school gave me a gift basket full of teaching supplies.

I felt like the most special person that day. Even one of the kids that I had a lot of trouble with and had to kick out of class asked for a hug and told me in earnest that he was going to miss me. It's a really amazing thing to find out that you've really impacted the lives of 80 or so people in the course of 4 months. This is exactly why I wanted to be a teacher. I can't wait to have my own classroom in a few months.