Last Day

On our last day of fieldwork at Bishop Dunn, we had our Celebration of Learning with the students. We created posters with student work from the lessons we implemented through the fieldwork experience. From our unit plan, we asked Miles and Xavier to share their project. We specifically asked them because we were proud of the way they worked together, and we knew Miles would be excited to share his experience.

After students presented, they were asked to create good-bye slides for us. Even through all of their silliness, it was nice to see their appreciation. I know I always appreciate their willingness to stay after school and learn more from us after a full day of lessons at school. It was nice to know that some of what we shared with them will stick, and that they enjoyed some of the projects they did with us.

As a thank you for Mrs. Perk, we presented her with a subscription to Glogster. Glogster is one of the online tools that I have used multiple times now, and always really enjoy. I think it is so fun and creative, and as a future teacher, could see using in my classroom as much as possible. Mrs. Perk seemed very interested in the program, and we wanted her to be able to try it as we did.

After we finished our celebration of learning with the students, we were lucky enough to speak with Ayka, an Azerbaijan native. Before this meeting, I had never even heard of Azerbaijan. Ayka's story was inspiring, in that she worked for everything she believed in no matter what the consequence was. Ayka has been blacklisted from ever returning to Azerbaijan for work with climate change and public health. She fought against many points the government was pushing at the time, solely because it was what she believed in. I like to think that my passion for teaching would lead me to take a similar stand for what I believe in when and if the time presents itself.