One Class, and 16 Blog posts later

I think its important to remember how fast time can go when you are learning. It would be too easy to explain how much I was challenged in the course, or even how much I learned from my classmates, how enriching the experience was, I could go on. But I think I would like to reflect on my mindset compared to how I walked into the class for the first time, and now leaving.

Its easy to reflect on your self and to be critical so I do my best to acknowledge the difficulties I struggled with, and been proud of my achievements and growth. I have come so far and made it into a program that I thought was a reward for my endurance to become who I wanted to be, a teacher. But I was wrong, there is so much further for me to go. However, I am no longer feeling as if I was stuck at the bottom of a sand pit crawling up, but instead half way up a tree shrouded by leaves and only a few branches visible above me. It is so strange to think that I have learned and changed so much only flying 1 hour away from my home and it reminded me of a quote from Anthony Bourdain. 





One of the things I accept as a fact is that travel changes you, and no matter how far I believe I have gone, there are environments that I could read all day about but would mean nothing until I experience them. Teaching is starting to feel a lot like traveling, and students are constantly coming and going through the environment I provide them. There will be bad times, but there is something to learn from those situations. Of course there will be good times, and I would like to believe that as a person that wants to see students learn, succeed, and have fun that would be enough for students to appreciate my efforts.

In reference to the inquiry project, I though I would had been able to cover what I wanted to cover but ended up biting off so much more than I could have chewed. The amount of dedication other teachers have committed to helping students is inspiring, there is so much to learn and change. A classroom has so much opportunity to be different while still being an effective learning environment for students.