Its hard to believe that I have sat at this desk in the back of the room for 14 weeks already, that I have gotten in front of the class taught all types of lessons and learned my own lessons.
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| Our baby bunnies |
As I look back and reflect on what it was like to teach 7 classes I have learned countless lessons and have learned a little about myself. There are students that I have not connected with yet, and there are student's who it took me 13 weeks to connect with. I have even made a new connection this last week with a student in my Ag Mech class. I have learned how to make those connections though, which is a skill I thought I had, but really needed to develop. I have also gained skills in creating the line between friend and teacher. As an agricultural educator I will have students year after year, I will see them in the summers, weekends, and events. Developing the skill of being a mentor and someone to turn to yet keep the professional atmosphere has been a challenge and I am glad I had the chance to really develop it.
I am getting ready to wrap up all my lessons and units this week and its rather exciting yet depressing. Next week I will only be co-teaching ag mech, finishing up horticulture and landscaping and finishing up my unit project with my animal science class.
This week was fun and unique, these past few weeks have seem to blend together as I have wound down towards the final stretch.
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Students in the Floriculture
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Spring Round up was this week. In high school I attended round up every year and loved it. I was a little nervous with how it was going to go. It was weird seeing Wilmington roll up and not know any of the students. That was a depressing moment...
I am really looking forward to next week, although I am going to miss it here at Northwestern, I am really excited to move on to the next chapter.
