one down, 14 more to go

my first week of student teaching is complete. whew. it was a bit rough. not that i had a ton of work to do, but i had lots of other things going on at the same time. my in-laws were in town and staying with us, i took my final for a correspondence course on friday, and i took two of my teacher licensing tests saturday. at first i thought i was going to have an unpleasant time because my teacher is rather different from me. i think now that she's just not the nurturing sweet motherly type of teacher i've worked with in the past. she's helping me become independent and learn on my own- which i guess is good. it's just not what i expected. she's not a big planner either and that may still drive me nuts. time will tell. now that i have less going on in my life, i'm having a more pleasant time at northdale middle school. the seventh graders are fun to work with and surprise me every day. what a great age! i'm also doing better at asking questions and working with my teacher. i was a bit brain dead last week. i'm looking forward to my time there. now if i could only learn all their names!