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Re: Doing It Again
Posted by Emily Williams on 4/18/08
I am sorry that you had to encounter these unsupportive
people. Your supervisors and CT are there to help you pursue
your dream, not tell you what your dream is. I had this
happen with one of my professors in college. It was my first
semester teaching in the classroom and every time we taught
our professors were there grading us. My professor was a
former principal so she was a tough grader. My grades did
not reflect how I felt about my teaching. For my first
semester I thought I did a great job! Of course I was
nervous on the first day, but who isn’t? According to her
grades I did horrible and should reconsider my degree. I was
devastated and ended up receiving a D in that class. I knew
I wanted to be a teacher and I deserved a better grade than
a D. So I appealed the grade and it was changed to a B.
After this experience, I strived even harder to complete my
degree. It made me realize that you have to listen to your
personal instinct. I knew I wanted to be a teacher, and I
was not going to let anyone discourage me from accomplishing
that goal. Good luck to you next semester on pursuing your
dream! Signed,
ECU Student
On 4/13/08, witheld wrote:
>
> Hi! I am going into my second student teaching practicum
> in the fall. Last semester, I was student teaching but was
> not allowed to finish (not due to any disciplinary or
> attendance issues, but because of confidentiality I cannot
> disclose). I was told by my CTs and Uni. Supervisors that
> teaching wasn't for me, that I was "uncertifiable," and I
> should pursue other careers. To make a long story short, I
> was very devastated, but this experience only made me want
> to teach even more. So, I persisted and I'm going back for
> yet another semester to student teach and get certified.
> Has anyone else encountered obstacles their first time
> around and went back to student teach? I have a laundry
> list of things of things to do differently next time
> around, but would like to hear from others about what was
> different for them.
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Doing It Again, 4/13/08, by witheld.
- Re: Doing It Again, 4/14/08, by BC.
- Re: Doing It Again, 4/14/08, by witheld.
- Re: Doing It Again, 4/14/08, by BC.
- Re: Doing It Again, 4/14/08, by witheld.
- Re: Doing It Again, 4/14/08, by sj.
- Re: Doing It Again, 4/15/08, by Melissa.
- Re: Doing It Again, 4/18/08, by Emily Williams.
- Re: Doing It Again, 4/24/08, by A. Campbell.
- Re: Doing It Again, 4/26/08, by Quarterlife Gal.
- Re: Doing It Again, 4/26/08, by Quarterlife Gal.
- Re: Doing It Again, 4/29/08, by witheld.
- Re: Doing It Again, 5/02/08, by 2nd time around too.
- Re: Doing It Again, 5/05/08, by witheld.
- Re: Doing It Again, 5/05/08, by Movin On... (previously stomach lady).
- Re: Feel like I can't talk about it, 5/05/08, by Re-doing it too.
- Re: Doing It Again, 5/06/08, by witheld.
- Re: Doing It Again, 5/06/08, by Movin On... (previously stomach lady).
- Re: Doing It Again, 5/07/08, by Re-doing it too.
- Re: Feel like I can't talk about it, 5/07/08, by Quarterlife Gal.
- Re: Quarterlife Gal & Movin On, 5/07/08, by Re-doing it too.
- Re: Doing It Again, 5/07/08, by witheld.
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