My First Week as a Teacher....

I am an intern at Foster Village Elementary with Ms. Sandel's first grade class.

As I walk in they are finishing up their english sentences and start with math. When I leave they are getting ready to go to another class. On my first day I was a little nervous and not sure exactly how the little kids would react or what my teacher was like. It was cute though how when I was in there all of them wanted to sit by me and talk to me. I am excited for this forthcoming year to discover what it really is like to be a teacher and get a better perspective on a teacher's view. I would like to gain a sense of how to treat them and know who they are, so that I may be a better teacher. I like being with the little ones and help teach them and be a part of their path up the steps of education and their life.

Anchoring Activity: Reputation

I believe reputation is extremely important as you progress in life. It says what a part of your personality is like and what you may or may not be able to accomplish. You can make a great reputation for yourself or choose to make horrible choices. Most of what you do affects what job or college you will go to. Whatever people choose it is their decision and although it is their life, it affects others. I have known someone who made awful choices when he was younger and made a bad reputation for himself. It has affected him and his family to this day, even though he is through with it. He got past all the bad and found God and is now a pastor and is doing good.

Technology In Schools

Schools have updated significantly in the past five years. From chalkboards to projectors to computers, we have changed technology more than what was thought possible 20 years ago. Technology will never stop revolving, so schools will never be updated all the way. A solution many teachers have come up with, though, is  using social networks and media to get us students to pay attention. Everything that is not accessible to us may have to wait, but it doesn't mean we can't learn about it.

Social Media

Many people should think more about what they are posting on their social networks. Whether it be the messages sent, pictures posted, or the statuses constantly being updated. Everything will not always stay personal, even if you set the settings to private. It's not the 50's anymore where social sites pretty much didn't exist and pictures were only taken on cameras. Things spread fast now, especially through the social sites where a post could make you lose a scholarship or discard you from getting into a college. Although, it won't only be colleges looking at your page, but stalkers and guys who you keep hoping will one day leave you alone.  Everything that has been posted online, will stay online so best bet is to watch what you post.