Thursday, March 12, 2009

"Sorry"

One of my sorries was that I was not as assertive as I should have been when I first started student teaching. It hasn't been a big deal with my classes this semester, but I can see that it could potentially be a problem with slightly worse-acting kids. There wasn't a lot for me to say for my sorries, and I know that is not anything I did. My students are awesome and my cooperating teacher is awesome. The faculty here is great, and the school is too. If I had been more assertive teaching at first, the students would have an easier time of seeing me as the main teacher instead of Mr. Bachman. They still report to me and ask me questions, but sometimes I get the "should I ask you, or Bachman?" or... "Where is Mr. Bachman? I need to ask him something.". And I want to say "I'm your teacher, not him!" haha Other than small problems like these, I am very happy with my experience.