Officially survived my first week. Celebratory sigh on three...
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Siiiiiigh.
Sometimes, I realize how much I hold my breath during the day, like I just need to hold onto myself, when breathing would actually be a better way to do so. My brain is silly. Anyway, today was CPT and the last day of the observation lab for conceptual physics, as well as practicum for SFTR. My role in the lab was to kind of direct students towards getting work done and facilitate our name game. Today went so much smoother than yesterday in that respect. They were all engaged after we had to make a bit of an example of our girl with attitude. Once we did that, it was instant change for her. She actually tried during the lab activity later, which is fantastic. She's a student who's been around a bit longer, and we had a nice conversation and her behavior became a lot better, in my opinion. My DT is really good at thinking of engaging language level appropriate activities. I'm keeping a notebook of them for later for sure.
The connections that I valued today were actually those with my other cohorts. We were all exhausted at practicum, and we all showed it. This exhaustion kind of united us in a weird way. I actually found myself talking to and really connecting with people I didn't connect with during orientation. Our community is really meshing so well, and I can honestly say I'm so happy to have them all in my life. Of course, I still connected with those I was already close with, but I think I got a little closer to everyone today, and I felt like a part of the community, which I love. I think this is another reason I want to get into teaching, that I want to help form learning communities where people are accepted and loved because they're different.
Ok, time to eat. Off my soap box I get. Tomorrow, I'm library girl.
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