My Major is Better than Your Major

At least that's my opinion.  But you know, I really feel like being a teacher is what I'm supposed to do. 

In my teacher education program, there are classes I love and classes that I don't...quite....love.  It is interesting, because the classes that I love are the classes that keep me engaged.  We play with play dough, we paint, we dance, we make connections to the world around us.  Our teachers and professors know us, they love us, and they want us to succeed.  They are enthusiastic and excited to teach us.  The classes that I don't quite love, well, it's a lot of listening to lecture.  Which I find kind of ironic because that's exactly what they tell us NOT to do as teachers...  

After spending time in the schools doing practicum/student teaching work, I've seen good teachers and not-so-good teachers.  It just motivates me even more to want to be the best teacher I can be, and to never stop trying to improve myself.  

And just to show you just what we've been working on in my Early Childhood Education Methods class (one of the classes I love!), here are a couple of pictures! :)

We learned how to draw/paint flowers!  Now, I don't really consider myself an artist per se, but I think these turned out pretty well!  It's amazing what a little scaffolding can help you accomplish. 

And of course, what better place to put my amazing painting of flowers than on my fridge, where all of my roommates can see!  Really, I do have the best major!