Archive for August, 2011
« Previous EntriesSummer is almost over. It’s been a wonderful time. I’ve finished my observation, taken all of my prerequisites for the program and have participated in a wonderful WNY Writing Project. I’ve also had a month off to read, write, and relax. It’s been lovely. Now, it’s time to get serious again. I have to say [...]
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With the completion of my practicum last week, I had some free days to do some traveling with my family. I went to my boyfriend’s cousin’s wedding down in Port Allegeny, Pennsylvania and then my mom and sister picked me up and we continued on to Mill Run, PA, which is southeast of Pittsburgh. We [...]
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Apparently traveling to England, Ireland, Italy, and France this summer alone wasn’t enough- I also had to get some state-side traveling in too! At the end of July, I went to a Responsive Classroom conference (see past two blogs) in Stowe, Vermont. I instantly fell in love with the state of Vermont and found it [...]
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Summer is winding down and a new school year is upon us. The last few weeks have been filled with travel, excitement, rest, and a lot of rain. Since last time I checked in I have spent a weekend in Toronto. It was my first time up into Ontario and it didn’t disappoint. I had [...]
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Here it is the second last week of summer. The sun is shining. The weather is perfect. There is the carefree hum of the streets. There are no screeching halts of school buses. There is no 6am alarm. There is no three o’clock exhaustion. So why am I so bored?
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My practicum with Dr. Tom Mazur and Allison Dombek, MS at Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo has opened my eyes to the many dimensions of human growth and development for children and teenagers.
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The weather that last few days have been brutal here to say the least. I don’t mind Thunderstorms, but it’s done a lot of damage around the area I live, a lot of power outages and accidents. Also a little bit of hail, I have a friend who has huge dents in their car from [...]
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It’s about that time in my graduate education career when I need to start applying to school districts as an employee and no longer as a volunteer or tutor. In addition to juggling my graduate assistantship in undergraduate admissions, taking three grad classes, and working as a hostess on the weekends, I have decided to [...]
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“Effective teachers manage their classrooms. Ineffective teachers discipline their classrooms.” – The First Days of School by Harry and Rosemary Wong Because of some helpful criticism from my professor and cooperating teacher, I realized I needed to work on classroom management. In some situations I find classroom management to be quite easy: when I am [...]
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Well I got all of my grades back for summer semester, and I’m happy with how I did, but now I’m even more stressed about the job hunt than ever. I had an interview on Monday, on the phone with an NFL team, haven’t heard back about it yet, but he said I would hear [...]
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