Winding Down!!

I can't believe the semester is over already!  This is very bittersweet for me since this is my last class before student teaching.  I am so excited to be student teaching next semester, but I will certainly miss all of the friends I have made!  This is the second class that I have taken with Dr. Smirnova and I am very grateful to her that she has taught me so many fun and exciting tools and ideas that I will be able to use with my students.

From Dr. Smirnova, I learned that even when I do not think I can do something, I can.  I really feel like I can succeed at anything.  Dr. Smirnova not only teaches the content, but she teaches engaging ways to teach the content to our students.  She also throws in activities to make her students to grow professionally as teachers. Overall, this was a very well rounded class and I will be a better teacher for having this experience.  

I take away from this course a feeling of accomplishment and a tremendous sense of hope. Just think of the difference we can all make with a little courage, an open mind, plenty of knowledge, and a healthy amount of enthusiasm.

I will leave everyone with words of wisdom from the great Dr. Seuss:

Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You’re off to Great Places!
You’re off and away!

You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself any direction you choose.
You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the guy who’ll decide where to go.

And will you succeed?
Yes! You will, indeed!
(98 and ¾ percent guaranteed.)

Kid, you’ll move mountains!
So…be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Bray or Mordecai Ale Van Allen O’Shea, you’re off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting.
So…get on your way!