I've had harder semesters than the one I'm currently in. What makes this semester so different are the different levels of learning I'm engaging my brain in. So I'm still sitting in a classroom listening to professors lecture about blah blah this and that. Some of it helpful and some of it is the biggest waste of time and money. Then I shift to the semi adult world where I am in charge of students who ask academic, social, and moral questions. Who need guidance in more ways than one and at times look up to me more than their own teacher. It's quite a change which my mind and body are not used to. Then I shift to my third dimension of learning which is nothing like I've ever experienced before. Shift with me to the world of DD (where I work but I don't want to put their name here). It is technical, it is technological, and if you thought there were a lot of acronyms in education then come to my office. It is seriously like speaking another language. There are times when my coworkers are talking and I honest to goodness did not understand a single word they said!! I'm stretching my brain in three different directions intellectually and it is pushing back, hard. I love the challenge, I love the new worlds I am being introduced to, but it's crazy.
On a sadder note, I found out the other day that I'll be switching mentor teachers next semester. My current mentor teacher is pregnant and due in March. I can't observe a substitute for obvious reasons. However, I'm starting to connect with these students. They're starting to understand the way I work and my expectations of them. They are slowly depending on me to guide them through activities, answer their questions, and just be another presence in the classroom. Now halfway through the school year I'm switching teachers. I'm very bummed.
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