First day of Student Teaching!

(This post was written on March 12, 2012. I just forgot to come and post it into Blogger when I was done)

My oh my, you know that you're enjoying what you're doing when the day flies by.

Oh, and I was so excited last night that I couldn't sleep. I was still up at 3:30 trying to fall asleep, which, lets face it, is just a futile attempt because you know you're not going to fall asleep if you're trying to fall asleep.

So, even though I was going by on only three hours of sleep, I did not feel tired at all today.

The school I am in this placement is also the school where I did my first placement. I think it bookends quite nicely. I already know most of the staff, and only the grade nines are new students to me.

So since Sioux Valley has acquired the building for thier high school, there have been many changes since my first placement. Most of the walls have been painted, giving the rooms a nice, bright feel. The student lounge has a fooseball table and a flat-screen tv with cable. Most of the classrooms have been outfitted with SmartBoards or are in the process of having them installed. There is an actual wall dividing the two computer labs instead of a wall of bookcases.

It's a very exciting time at SVHS.

During my last slot, a tenth grader swallowed a quarter. Not on purpose. He claims he was going to stick it under his tongue and pretend that he swallowed it. My CT says that he had a very surprised look on his face when he said "Oh! It's gone!". This was 10 minutes before the bell rang and he did not want to go to a doctor.

I am just so glad that he didn't swallow the quarter while I was in that class. I was safetly tucked away in the Native Studies classroom :)

Until next blog...Sylvia bids thee fairwell :)

P.S.

An update on the quarter situation. The boys mother took him to the emergency room, where the doctor had to put him under general anesthesia and insert a tube into his stomach to get the offending quarter out.