Week 7: The Halfway Point

This week, I officially began teaching my full course load! In some ways it was easier than I anticipated, but in others, it was more difficult. Teaching a full course load is certainly keeping me busy! I'm keeping it together for the most part, but I did forget to set up a lab one day before class (oops, back to the checklist I go). Fortunately, I was able to get it set up pretty quickly and still had enough time to get the lab done. I would probably consider that my low point of the week, so I'll count myself lucky, since it wasn't a huge deal.

One of my high points of the week also came from the lab that involved my low point, ironically enough. I split up the students into two groups so that we could get the most out of the time, while still following all COVID guidelines. I separated two students that seem to cause small issues in class; as expected, I saw that they weren't as bad when they weren't together. One of them was like a whole new kid! From here on out, I'll have to choose the groups or partners for that class. As much as I would like to let the students have autonomy in selecting groups, a couple have spoiled it for the rest. Hopefully, by the end of my experience that class can get to a point where I can give that privilege back to them.

As of the end of this week, I am officially halfway through my student teaching experience! I feel like I just started yesterday, but I guess time really does fly when you're having fun!