Journal!

Since starting coop, I feel different about teaching. Teaching is something I really want to get into, and since starting coop, I realized that it takes a lot of time and effort to teach. Each child is so different then the other, and some children understand things more quickly then others, however the ones that have difficulties are the most challenging. As a teacher you want a student to grow and to learn, however if that student doesn’t understand, or is having problems, it takes that extra time and effort to help them out; which isn’t always easy. Also since starting coop, I have been a lot more comfortable working with children one on one. Since the beginning of the all star program, I have learned to use techniques and strategies that best suit one each student.

What I remember most about this week was the certain medical incidents that have occurred. Starting with last Friday and the peanut reaction that Thomas had, in Mrs. Smith’s class, was really scary. Thomas is deathly allergic to peanuts, and he was fortune to only be itchy and not break out with a bad rash, or any other worse symptom. However this Friday, since it was so hot out, five kids in Mrs. Smith’s class had headaches are were feeling sick. It is really hard to take care of one student but taking care of five who are sick is worse. As a assistant to the teacher, you feel helpless, and really can’t do much. After last recess, a boy in Mrs. Smith’s class also had a sudden noes bleed, and Mrs. Smith asked me to cover the class so she could walk him down to the office. The class was in shock, they are so young, so the sight of blood can be scary. They were asking me so many questions, and I answered them as best as possible, but I was pretty shocked by the whole thing myself. Overall the boy was okay, and he was back into class about ten minutes later. As a teacher there is so much more to just teaching. These incidents are things that I need to prepare myself for, if I want to be a teacher.