Yesterday, Jan. 19 I had my third day of student teaching. It was great as usual, but something a little unexpected happened. My host teacher was commenting on how much work she had to do to prepare for a meeting she had coming up. Of course I offered to help with the class in anyway so that she can keep prepping, and she took me up on it. I had about 15 minutes to prepare a lesson. First thought, panic. Second thought, my online portfolio. Luckily, I had a 3rd grade social studies lesson all ready to go. I quickly printed it off, looked up the other materials online in the last couple of minutes and went for it. It turned out amazing.
After school I called my roommate Jess and decided to meet up with her. She was going to meet a friend at his office near times square. Turns out her friend Steven works for a company closely related to VH1 and MTV. His position deals with finding venus such as clubs and performance halls for their clients to perform at. He name off a few hip hop, new pop stars, and other pop music people I didn't know but it was pretty legit. The interior of the office had a very industrial design and very modern. It reminded me of the Skullcandy corporate office in Park City. Everyone was young, smart, hard working, and fun. It definitely seemed like a place I wouldn't mind working at if music industry was my thing.
After we left the office we went to meet one of her friends at a coffee shop near times square. I decided to call someone I met at the theater last weeken when Lauren was in town and the night unexpectedly turned into a double date. We hung out in the east village for the evening. It was one of my favorite nights so far but we got home a little too late. It was fun to spend time with new friends in the city. I can only imagine all the new and amazing people I will know by the end of my time here.
Jan 20.
Lastly to catch up I am left with today; January 20 the day I celebrate my birth every year. Considering I didn't get as much sleep as I would have liked it was a kinda rough day. I really can't complain though. As soon as the students entered the room I was showered with, "Happy Birthday Ms. H!" along with homemade cards, a bag of Lindor chocolate truffles, a bag of Doritos, and a map of Japan (although random I think I liked the print off map of Japan the best). It showed me that the student remembered the lesson I taught yesterday and recalled the information when she went home. I was filled with so much love from these students that have only known me since Wednesday! People need to remember to love others as much as children do. I did some more teaching today but with small groups. I helped a few students that were struggling with rounding numbers. They joined with the rest of the class, after I thought they all had mastered the skill. My host teacher was going over a problem with the class that consisted of a part where three numbers had to be rounded tothe nearest ten. She asked for only the students that were working with me in a small group to raise their hands. I was a little nervous that they would answer them wrong and it would show they didn't learn anything in my small group, but they didn't. Every student she asked that was working with me got it correct! I felt so accomplished to have taught these students a skill they were not understanding until working with me. That was probably the best birthday moment all day. I had taught and seen the students learn. It was great.
After school I jetted straight home and into my sweats. All of my roommates did the same and we all were taking naps until about 8. We spent the evening watching "shit people say" YouTube videos. One of my favorites, "shit sorority girls say" as well as "shit whipped guys say". So funny and a great way to spend my birthday evening.
(I brought Hershey kisses as my birthday treat, surprised them when they returned from lunch)
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