Blog #9: Life at my WLE. (December 6th)

1. Today I did a lot of things, I first began the day writing out late slips and taking students from class to the counselor. I then began organizing files for a majority of the time, putting emergency cards and student records in alphabetical order. And finished my day by making several copies of lessons for an english teacher on an old and slow copy machine. I was really out of it today and didn't really feel anywhere close to 100% and was moving and getting things done slowly...

2. Not counting today, I have become more proud of my work, like i've mention before through this WLE experience this year I have learned that sometimes my opinion doesn't matter. By understanding this I feel less nervous about my work and care less than before of what people think of my work. So far it has really paid off and has given me strong and critical (positive) feedback.

3. I love my work place, I seem to always like doing office work and being in charge of multiple things. I am never doing the same thing over and over. But all good things never come without one fault, the one thing I do not enjoy about my workplace is I constantly find myself doing nothing, as much as I ask or suggest things I can do for my mentor, I find my self sitting quietly, doing NOTHING. Quite frankly, I love doing nothing, but it concerns me when it's on my time that I should be working.

Blog #2: My Mentor (MAKE-UP)

1.  Today I shadowed my mother, her name is Ginger Brice and she works for a K-1 Special ED class. She teaches her students how to read, write and spell words correctly.

2.   The typical day for Ginger is teaching her students in a very organized way, she uses organized schedules for each student to plan out what they do next. Pretty simple, the students either follow the schedule or they loose the fun parts of the schedule to a sort of ‘time out’. Unfortunately the majority of her day is keeping the kids on track because most of them are distracted or want to throw shoes or puzzle pieces at me…

3.   Ginger was a student in school who had ADHD and she succeeded in school, she wanted to teach people who have disabilities so she can give kids the chance she had. My mom went to Cal State Eastbay, where she earned her masters in teaching mild-to-moderate special education. But today, she is currently working towards a mild-to-severe due to the fact it is more preferred.