Marking the grade

Thought I'd post an update although I'm sure none of my classmates (former, at this point) are checking this blog anymore (if they ever were). Wound up with a "B" in the class for which I set up this site. No big surprise there, too many late assignments with the attendant point deductions. An "A" in both of my other classes though! It'd have been nice to have 3 A's but considering how busy this fall semester was, between teaching down at the outdoor ed. camp and then teaching at the high school, and traveling to and fro for Ashland, I guess I have to confess that I feel pretty good to have come out as well as I did. Ashland now wants me to repeat my student teaching, a task I am loathe to do since I did it once successfully at Kent already, and since I've taught within my certification area not once but TWICE now. Not to mention that I'd be paying to do that, slaving away per other people's subjective standards, and not making any money for rent and living expenses. Garrr...

Well, here's to hoping that 2009 will be a good year!

Pinch me, am I done?

I am so relieved to finally be wrapping up this semester! I knew I was going to be in for a rough journey from the start, trying to balance the 24-hour demands of outdoor education camp with my course load, but to top it off I went right into taking over teaching for a science teacher at Wooster High School at the conclusion of camp back at the beginning of November. My background is earth science; I took over for a biology/anatomy & physiology teacher. Lots of preparation, we'll leave it at that. I was not able to maintain an "A" average in the end for my educational technology class, but it was not a total waste; I really learned some new and fascinating things throughout the course. One more class to finish off and then this semester will be a wrap. I'm looking forward to a long stretch of sleep....