I saw and felt my first June bug today, as it smacked into my shoulder while I peeled leftover boiled crawfish outside. Lovely summer is surely on its way. The crickets and cicadas have begun to make their lovely music, and the AC in the house has been turned on…I want to be stay outside all the time and plant things, but.. alas, I must work.
I am currently student teaching at Paul Breaux Middle, art to 6th-8th graders, until April 30. I do not love it, but i dont hate it either. Parts I like: teaching kids about art, the funny things they say, going to work at 8:30 and finishing at 3:45, seeing the ideas and different approaches the kids have to the same project, when the kids learn something I have taught them and apply it. Things I do not like: going to work at 8:30 and finishing at 3:45 everyday, ha.., the annoying, disrespectful things kids say, to me and each other, having only 20 min to eat lunch and do anything else you might need to during the entire day, how draining it all is, and all the work after work.
I have definitely learned a great deal from my kids, my cooperating teacher, and through my mistakes and research. I do not think I am quite ready for a job with a schedule as fixed and regular as the regular educational system.. Someday I will, but I still feel too young to be so settled. I guess the artist in me is overtaking the teacher part. I had a feeling this was how it would be, but it has now been confirmed.
I did a La Linoleum block printing project as my first lesson with a class and they came out with some really neat projects. Here is the link on facebook to their projects.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2087948&id=68602654&l=68bb5b956f
Well you sound confident – and positive – and have a great perspective each way. Now you know!!! So whats next?
next blog to come soon!