Busy and Boston Bound (YAY! Alliteration!)

So I totally made plans to post this month, I even had blog post topics written down.

Sadly I got busy again and I have a feeling busy is going to be theme until I finish up with school.

Tomorrow I leave to go visit my brother in Boston. If any of you guys have been there, PLEASE comment any suggestions for fun things to do. My brother told me to look stuff up, but I honestly just want to enjoy being in a new place with no plans. It would be nice to be sporadic for once.

I'm taking a bus home from Boston on Monday, so hopefully I'll get some reading done and maybe post some book reviews.

Are there any books you would like me to review? Leave them in the comments. If it is a book I haven't read, I'll do my best to add it to my long list.

I'm currently reading Miss Peregrine's School for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs. I'm really enjoying it so far!

I just finished If I Stay by Gayle Foreman, so I may write up a review for that since the movie is coming out soon.

Well, hopefully August will be a less busy month since I'll be done with classes. I'll do my best to try and update AT LEAST once a week.

If you have any suggestions for blog posts, leave them in the comments. Sometime I'm just not sure what to write about!

Until next time...

-Laura

July... ALREADY?

So, as you saw a few posts ago, I posted my schedule for June. So very busy. 

And so very busy it was. Between school, work, and babysitting, I didn't get very much free time, which is why I have yet to post until today. 

I am currently posting from an 11th grade English classroom, where I am doing some of my field observations. It is pretty silent in here, except for the tapping of keyboards. Each student has been given a laptop (chromebook) in order to begin their research on their research paper. 

They are trying to figure out exactly what kind of topic they wish to do. My fabulous cooperating teacher, gave them a handout, which will help them figure out their thoughts. 

Being in a high school is very different than middle school. Being here during summer school is very different then the normal school year. 

The kids that are here, had to pay to be here, they are retaking a class to either get ahead or to keep from falling behind. At first glance it is hard to figure out who is who. This class seems to be made up of some pretty interesting individuals. 

I'm sad that I will only be here one more day, but I do think I wouldn't mind teaching summer school in the future. 

Another awesome thing is that my 12 grade English teacher is here as an administrator. She was my inspiration to become a teacher. It was really cool to see her again, but it was even cooler to have her remember me. 

There are 12 more minutes left in this school day. Then I must go home and get ready to go to my own school and learn more about what it means to be a teacher. 

Until next time...