Friday, June 1, 2012

Last Day Student Teaching

I can't believe this all went by so fast... today was my last day of student teaching... ever.  I got cards for all my cooperating teachers and a St. Louis cup for the teacher that I worked with the most.  The maths department also got me a card and a big box of chocolates.  I'm going to miss the staff, they really are wonderful people.  I also had a lot of fun teaching my last lesson.  I have been doing logic puzzles with my first year students all week and it's great to see the students surprise you - some of the students who aren't strong at maths were great at the logic problems.  Even though the students were very talkative here, I am going to miss them.  They really taught me a lot about teaching and about myself.  Even though it was hard being away from my family, friends, and boyfriend for this long, I don't regret it one bit. This has been an absolutely wonderful experience and I really think it helped me grow as a teacher and as a person.

Alright, so the rest of my day... I went to the police station to report my camera missing.  Hopefully they will find it and it will get mailed to the US.  If not, I will just buy a new one... worse things have happened.  After the police station I went to The Edinburgh Dungeon.  Actors led us through underground Edinburgh telling us the deep dark secrets of the city, but they did it in a fun and scary way.  There were also 2 short rides.  I had a lot of fun there.  These Dungeons are in several European cities, so if you're near one I would recommend checking it out.  The price was a bit steep, but discounts are very easy to find (online, on a Lothian bus ticket).  Then I went to a pub and had a drink and now I'm going to spend the rest of my night relaxing and packing... zoo tomorrow!

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