My name is Anna Papst. I just turned 25 on June 8th. Just for starters I am one of the most random people you will probably ever meet. I guess I have all these thoughts in my head and I blurt whatever is on my mind out at random times. My friends say that I am quite entertaining. Like I said, that is the first thing that came to mind as I am writing this introduction about myself. RANDOM.
My favorite color is pink and my second favorite color is black. I put them together as much as possible. My binder is displaying both pink and black in an artsy way!!! I also love to scrapbook. Last year I started a quilt and this year I am hoping to finish it. It's like one of those projects that you start and want to so badly finish but it gets placed on the back burner.
I am excited for the colder weather because that means that snow is coming! I am an AVID snowboarder and I find peace going to the mountain and boarding all day long.
I grew up on a farm in the country. I love to ride horses and enjoy being outside as much as possible. I am living in town with my mother right now but soon I will make my way out to the country again. I love the feeling of going outside, looking up and seeing the stars, and being able to hear the crickets. You have to experience this if you haven't.
So down to the professional side of me. I work at Starbucks on 2nd & Division. I have worked there for almost 6 years. We are open til midnight so it's a great place to study late!
I tend to be quite the procrastinator when it comes to reading assignments and reading in general. This summer I took summer classes and something inside of me clicked. I realized that I am going to actually be a teacher. This is going to be my life and my students are going to be counting on me. I am getting so excited to finish well and to learn how to learn even more. I feel like there is so much more to learn and am finding that I need to learn more.
I am going to be working my tail off in this course. I know that I have two academic quarters left before my student teaching in the fall and I want to finish well. I am going to be disappointed in myself if I don't do everything in my power to work hard and to finish strong - and turn everything in on time, with my finest work.
The first day at Garry Middle School was an utter blast. I met all the students, gave them their seats and sat back to enjoy. I was taking many notes but especially hearing my teacher call out their names and trying to learn them as best as I could. They were instructed to write introductions of themselves to their teachers. I was blessed by how many of the kiddos wrote to me. As they were walking out the door many notes were handed to me. I felt so honored and special. I was taken back by the fact that I am actually going to be paid to do this.
I am going to work this year in finding a balance between reading assignments and giving out assignments. One thing my teacher said is that he only gives out work if he is going to have time to grade it. He will assign mostly in work that the students can work together to complete. He also told me that most of the homework that he assigns will be for a specific purpose. He wants the students to know why each assignment is given and for what reason. He also makes sure that the students know exactly how to do the assignment before handing it out so that the time spent on each task will be completed with the students' learning and understanding in mind.
I am so blessed to be working under an amazing teacher. I am going to do my very best to learn everything I can and take away as many goodies as I can. The neatest thing is that he learns all of the kids' names right away and so he can call on any of them at anytime - mind you he learns them all in about 2 days because he gives them so much respect and demands that respect in return.
Going over the syllabus in class was overwhelming at first but as I step away and realize to just take one step at a time, I realize that I can do it. It excites me that a new quarter is here. With this new quarter, I have a fresh beginning and chance to knock it out of the park and learn a ton about myself and about teaching!!!!
Let's work together to encourage one another that we all can do it!!! We are a team and let's make sure that each one succeeds! We are gonna have a BLAST!!!!
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