Looking Forward

Busy busy busy!  That's sort of the gist of day three of my clinical teaching experience. 

Madison is on a modified block schedule, so my week runs as follows:

Monday: Periods 0 through 7 (each class is about 45 minutes long)
Tuesday: Periods 0 through 7 (each class is about 45 minutes long)
Wednesday: Late arrival day - Periods 2, 4, and 6 (each class lasting about 90 minutes)
Thursday: Periods 0,1, 3, 5, 7 (each class lasting about 90 minutes except for 0 period)
Friday: Periods 0 through 7 (each class lasting about 45 minutes)

Whew!  It's hard to keep track of the schedule, but it's a bit easier since I've already lived this schedule.  Today is a Thursday, and I've decided that it's the busiest day of all.  However, even though it's our busiest day, the day definitely went by quickly.  I placed myself around the room and entered lots of the discussions that Jon had with students today.  It's a bit strange that most of these kids are only a few years younger than me.  One student even told me that I wasn't his, "elder," yet.  Even though I'm not his elder, however, I am his teacher.  Establishing that teacher/student boundary is going to be a bit difficult, but I think I'll get there. 

I also had an opportunity to meet with my other cooperating teacher.  I found out that I'm going to be teaching Romeo and Juliet, elements of poetry and a few other things with Freshman and Junior Honors students.  As much as I'm enjoying getting acclimated with a high school classroom, I think it's safe to say I'm most excited about getting into a Language Arts classroom.  Psychology will be fun, and planning lessons with one of my all-time favorite teachers will be a blast, but teaching English/Language Arts is my passion and I can't wait to get there. 

Onward!