Student Teaching begins

Today concluded the second day of student teaching for me and I tought that everyone might want an update. At this point though I think that it should be student observation. I report to the Granger High School at 7.15 every morning. My cooperating teacher is Paul Christiansen, a teacher of 12 years, who has beed at Granger for 3. I sit in his class and introduct myself. The first Day of class I was so vervvous that my stomach made me go to the bathroom just before the first period began. I was red as a beat I am sure as I introduced mfelf to the classs. It was the first timei in all of my schooling that I was in a classroom were I, as a Caucasian was the minority. The class sizes are 35 plus. The horror stories I had hear about this school have thus far been proven wrong. The Students are attentive and respectful. One thing I have noticed is that the students are skills appear to be significantly lacking. The Drawing 1 class that is taught here feels more like and Art elements class. The students show little ability in being able to perceive and put onto paper what they see before them.

Mr. Christiansen has 7 classes. 3 on the A schedule and 4 on the B schedule. They all fall into Drawing 1 or 2 and painting. At this point all I do is walk around the class, try to memorize the students names, give suggestions, and answer any questions. I am excited for next week when I will begin taking role and contributing to the lessons. I hope that by week 3 I will take over the classes and act as a full time teacher. I did feel pretty good today when two students on separate occasions, approached me to ask my opion and advice instead of going straight to their teacher. I hope that they can all feel comfortable asking for my assistance and trust my advice.

I will keep everyone updated on my progress

I have also been working on the side doing this movie poster for a short film produced by Harry Cross, Jr. (Former roomate to Kelsy and Kent)