Happy Turkey Day!

I'm sitting here at my dad's waiting for the food to be ready and thought it might be a good time to update my blog!

Last week was crazy, but God was faithful and pulled me thru. Let's see, in the last post you heard about the NSTA convention, which was cool. That following day (Saturday) I was at UW by about 7:30am for the WEST-E test. It took forever for the proctors just to get the test set up (ie everyone checked in, seated, and tests distributed). The test itself took me about an hour and 50 minutes (out of an alotted 2 hours). I have no idea how I did, but based on the practice test I took, I think I passed, which is really all I care about.

After that I ran over to Lake Sammamish to take a water sample for my inquiry project for my methods class (maybe I'll explain this somtime in the future). Once I got home I ran the tests which took a little over an hour to do. After that it was back to my SLP: the big huge final project/paper for my dillemas class. I worked on that for an hour or two, then ran out to Everett for a going away party for Jacob and Rebecca (they are moving to Hawaii). It was cool to see them and my other friend from high school, Kari.

Sunday consisted of church, lunch, and then a going away party for Steve Allen, the HS youth pastor at my church. That was a cool time to wish him and his wife Stephanie well as they go to follow God's call to a church in Bellingham. Once that was over I finally got back home and got to work on my paper again. Worked on that for several hours...until 1am-ish.

Monday I had my student-teaching interview at Skyview JH at 10am. That went well, mostly. There's one minor issue, but I don't think it'll really be a probelm. It was really more of a conversation than an interview, and at the end they told me they'd see me in January, so I assume I got the placement. : )

Then I went home and got my SLP done about 3 or 4pm. Then on to the microteaching....which presented a conceptual problem, as usual. I struggled w/ it for several hours, finally getting something that'd work about 10 or 11pm. Then to bed and off to school the next morning!

Now that I've bored you all w/ the nit-picky details of my life, I shall let you all go and get to your turkeys! And beware of the tryptophan!!

Yes, I am still alive

I know I've been doing a lousy job of updating my blog, but it's an indication of how frenzied and busy my life has been all quarter. Here are just a few quick updates on my life right now:

Today I had the opportunity to go to the NSTA (national science teachers association) convention in Seattle. It was cool to go to workshops and see different producs, methods, and teaching stragagies. One of the coolest was this moring, a fetal pig dissection (some of you might remember my love of this activity). We each got our own pig to dissect and got a dissection kit to keep, as well as saftey glasses and I also won (door prize) a great visual atlas of the fetal pig. All around good time.

Tomorrow morning at 7:30 I will be at UW to take the WEST-E General Science content knowledge test. It's a state required test for teachers, so I need to pass it. If I don't, I'll have to retake it in a few months. Much prayer is appreciated, since I haven't done much studying due to busyness and out-right lazyness (which is more responsible I don't know).

I also got a message today that I have an interview at Skyview Junior High for possible placement there for my student teaching. It'd be with the same teacher I observed there in September, so I think it'll be good. It's a great school and a great district (Northshore), so I think it'll be a good match. I still have to be accepted and do well at the interview on Monday, but I thin it'll probably go well.

Well, I have studying to do, as well as papers to write and a lesson to prepare, so that's all for now!

Such a bad student

It's been 2 week of no class while I'm observing at Mountlake Terrace High School and I haven't done the assignments that I've had to do for my classes. Oops. And tomorrow I'm off to Camp Casey for the weekend, so nothing'll get done there!

Just so you all know, my experience at MTHS has been much better than my last post indicates. My CT is actally a cool guy and is helpful, just a different personality than what I found in my last observation. Today I actually "snuck" out w/ and English class and observed a field trip to see As You Like It.

Well, I should be doing stuff that's not writing here, I just wanted to give a brief update before I'm gone for the weekend and under it next week catching up with all the work I didn't do recently. : )