My Education Experience

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Friday, November 24, 2017

My Silence

August 2007. I participated as little as possible during the Phase II of Student Teaching seminar. That was nothing out of the ordinary. I was a naturally shy person. My fear was that I would give the wrong answer and be judged negatively by my peers and Loyola College PDS coordinators Anna Harne... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, November 18, 2017

No Cafeteria

I went to a private middle school. We did not have a cafeteria at the school. When the school was built in 1964, a cafeteria was not a part of the blueprint. I guess the school figured that they could save on space by just having the students eat their brown bag lunches in their homerooms. I... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, November 17, 2017

June, July, August

August 2007. We were asked during our Phase II Student Teaching seminar why we wanted to become teachers. Most of us had the same answer. We wanted to help others and to foster the next crop of persons in the world. I do remember Glenn Andon one time saying that teaching was the only thing he saw... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, November 9, 2017

Inner Turmoil

August 2007. My first week back at Loyola College was spent doing the Phase II of Student Teaching Seminar. Each of the five weekdays, we met for six hours. We had a three hour morning session, a ninety minute break in the middle and a three hour afternoon session. The seminars were intense, jam... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, November 3, 2017

It Didn't Feel Like Halloween

Tuesday did not feel like Halloween, even though I got 16 trick-or-treaters, which is a lot for my neighborhood. Anything over eight is pretty darn impressive. Why did it not feel like Halloween on Tuesday? The weather. We had an unseasonably warm October. It felt more like spring than fall. Because... Sign in to see full entry.

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