Stress!

These past few days have been super stressful. I have a million things assigned from every teacher, and that is not an exaggeration. You can look at my planner if you don't believe me. On top of this, I am trying to figure out how I'm going to fit a minor in business into my super busy schedule in the next year and a half. My future roommates and I have also been trying to make a decision on several houses we were wanting to live in starting in May. That is an extremely stressful process, more so than I thought it would be. I also work three jobs: group fitness instructor, marketing supervisor for RecSports, and a server at Texas Roadhouse. My life = very stressful at the moment. I wouldn't have it any other way. I handle stress quite well. I choose the things most important, and do them first. This seems dumb to point this out, but why make things complicated when you can keep it simple and get it done? The only thing is, I don't get much sleep when I'm stressed. I stay up late doing homework or working, and wake up early to teach fitness classes or go to class. I also have my boyfriend and my friends to keep me sane. Whenever I need a break from everything, they are there to just talk about everything or completely take my mind off of it and do something fun! I also handle my stress in that I get everything done during the week....and play on the weekends. I don't worry about homework or anything else on Saturdays. Saturdays=stress relief.

Children's Writing

I noticed that most (if not all...I didn't look at all) involves pictures. I think that its very important for students to incorporate pictures into their writing. This shows that writing tells a story. It creates a visual image. Sometimes students can tell parts of the story with a picture that they don't quite have the writing skills to say yet.

Teacher I Want to Become

I want to be the teacher that all the kids want to have. I want to be the fun one, but one that students can learn from. I want to be the leader of an engaging, interesting, and exciting learning environment. I want to be able to do what it takes for my students to learn. I want to be the understanding one that students can confide in. I want to be the funny one that students can tell jokes with. I want to be the optimistic one that students find it easy to catch the contagious positive attitude from.