Let’s just say, my week has been … a week. The speed of the week has been fast, but the content of the week has been somewhat disheartening. Thank goodness for a husband who listens and talks things out with me. 🙂 I have a good one!

I worked really hard to stay on top this week, with the homework, the physical and emotional stress of pregnancy, and overall, the day-to-day duties I have. It wasn’t enough. Somehow, I’ve managed my homework alright, getting assignments done right when they needed to be done, but in other cases, I have had to let things go.

Throw into the week that I had a lesson to teach in my science class here on campus at BYUI, making mayonnaise. I poured my all into it, and I had a lot of fun, too. It seemed like a lot of my classmates also had a blast. After the lesson, I was scatterbrained and exhausted. I was also really excited to get back the anonymous reviews from my peers, which I would get on Friday. Well, Friday came, and I did get back the reviews. Most of them were outstanding reviews! I was elated! They liked my energy, enthusiasm, and how I carried myself throughout the lesson. But then there was one that didn’t make sense to me at all. It tore into me, and called me things I never labeled myself as. It was a very hurtful review. It took a lot of consoling from my husband to get past it.

Fast-forward to the next day–Saturday (today), with the exam for Special Education. It waaaaaas…. ambiguous on some answers. I have been quite scatterbrained lately, but I do get enough of the material to understand main concepts. Some of the questions weren’t clear. My score was a bit of a hammer down on top of me today. I suppose I should have to try harder, especially if I’m the only one who thinks so.

I suppose I just have to keep trying. Just as a teacher with students in need of special education, or other interventions, I have to keep trying until I find what works best. I know that I have a lot of fun in the schools when I go for my practicum.

Every week, I attend an elementary school class for an hour, working with ESL students. Two of them have an IEP, and another student is shy, hardly ever participating in the general classroom. All the ESL fifth graders attend a 30-minute ESL class at the end of the day, and I get to experiment and try out different things to help them participate, read well, and overall succeed in school. It is a lot of fun, but it takes a lot of experimenting.

I’ve enjoyed the week overall, and learned many new, important things. I hope others found the exam to be easier than I did, and I hope that others also enjoyed the whole week. Spring is getting closer every week, and so is my delivery date!

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