Today was great! I felt more relaxed, had more fun and got to know more students.
I am really starting to enjoy getting to know each student and their personalities.
I keep seeing students who were behind or struggling come in after school and during lunch, so I feel like I am making a lot of progress and helping them to improve.
Funny story:
Last week I caught one of my students sluffing his English class and I told him that I had lost some trust because it wasn't very responsible for him to leave his group hanging and have to do a presentation without him. I told him so when he asked to use the restroom. Today, he came and asked me to use the restroom and before I could respond with my usual, "Yes, please just take the hall pass and be fast," he blurts out, "Don't worry! I'll come back!" I let my guard down and laughed really hard because I had totally forgiven and forgotten last week's experience. But I'm glad to know that he's still looking over his shoulder!
FBLA / PBL story:
Last week I caught one of my students sluffing his English class and I told him that I had lost some trust because it wasn't very responsible for him to leave his group hanging and have to do a presentation without him. I told him so when he asked to use the restroom. Today, he came and asked me to use the restroom and before I could respond with my usual, "Yes, please just take the hall pass and be fast," he blurts out, "Don't worry! I'll come back!" I let my guard down and laughed really hard because I had totally forgiven and forgotten last week's experience. But I'm glad to know that he's still looking over his shoulder!
FBLA / PBL story:
Today I got to be the backup guest speaker for the FBLA luncheon. I talked about my experience with PBL in San Antonio, Texas and helped the students to strategize their competition time by breaking it up into smaller chunks. It is fun to see students at the beginning of their professional experiences and be there to encourage them.
