Blog in the Fog

The second week of classes has begun. I must say I never imagined that things could happen this fast- that in just a short period of time I would be on my way into a classroom filled with young minds and eager to learn eyes. But it is here!! I start February 12th and I will be doing Reading Buddies! I am both excited and nervous at the same time. I have taught before, but in a way it seems like we will be given a little more control in what we decide to do and I've always had some form of instruction. It's down to this now! What I say will affect these children, what I do will affect these children and I hope I can do a fair enough job.

Class itself has been rather interesting too. We did an exercise for homework the other night where we had to take a test about how our unconcious mind works in relation to race. It was done as part of the Oprah Winfrey show a few years back. We also learned about phonics again. It amazes me how we can overlook the simplicities, because we learned them so long ago. Like, for example, how a vowel says it's name depending on the placement of letters (vowel or consonant). Or how sounds help to figure out how to say a word. It seems so easy to us, secondhand nature even, but for them it's the first time. It's nice to know that one day- I could be a part of that nature. = )

Anyways, with only three classes behind us, I hope that the rest of the semester will continue on with such a pace. I don't know what more I can say, so I'll end here. Until next time, Mary.