Well...I'm almost done. I have two weeks left with my online ASL 6 class ( yes, you did read that right) and then this chapter of my life comes to a close! I can't believe that in just a couple weeks I am wrapping up my Masters degree!
Honestly, I'm equal parts excited and nervous about this new life change. Excited because I've been in some sort of school for the last 17 years of my life, give or take. It's time to shake things up a little - take my first steps into the world as an independent adult!
I bet that after reading that paragraph you can also see why I'm nervous. I've only known how to be in school. Yes, I have held part time jobs (and I will be holding another this summer), but it's not the same thing. Interviewing for what I want the do is not the same as interviewing for ripping tickets at a movie theater. From this point forward I am in the biggest learning curve of my life. I like to think that being 23 years old means that I know most of what I'm doing, but it doesn't. There are many times that I feel just as helpless as I was back in middle school and high school.
That doesn't mean that everything is doom and gloom. I'm excited to take the next steps forward in my life. I feel like I've been waiting forever to be a real, independent, full functioning adult giving back to the community. I'm excited to start to make my mark on the world. This is good. It's a whole lot of change all at once, but I know that it will be good.
Also, in case you're wondering how my last week of practicum went, it was awesome. I've been home for a solid week and I really miss all those kids. Working at Indiana School for the Deaf allowed me to see many things we discussed in the classroom and many things we never bring up as teachers. It allowed me (and challenged me) to see if this is really what I want to do for the foreseeable future. (I mean...I just spent all this money on a Masters degree. We would hope the answer would be "Yes!", right?)
I did receive a lovely gift from those students, aside from the 12 week experience.
You can bet your bottom dollar that I'm going to laminate this and hang it in a place that I can see it everyday, because, I'll be honest, sometimes I'm going to need the reminder. Heck, I need the reminder before I go into interviews, too.
I'm grateful for the full experience practicum has been for me. I have learned so much about my teaching style and who I am as a person as well. As frustrating as it was at times, I wouldn't change it for anything in the world.
Four weeks! Four weeks and then I walk the stage!
Until next time,
Kaity
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