Hi everyone! Its been three days since my last post, but I've been extremely busy! The last few days I've been teaching at Kingsley Junior High in Normal for my C&I 306 class. This involves me teaching a 6th grade student in a one-on-one setting. We got to pick the topic of our curriculum so I chose Outer Space. It has been interesting being able to finally come up with professional lesson plans and implement them-- it finally feels like all my hard work has paid off and I'm finally putting all of my education to use in a school setting. I'm glad we're getting to do this because it was getting quite frustrating taking all of the pointless general education classes. At one point it was almost discouraging because I'm in my third year of college as an education major and I've only been in the schools once. It seems like my classes have finally reached the point where I will be in the schools. I'm not sure about my classes for Spring of 2012, but I know that my Fall 2012 classes and Spring 2013 classes will have me in the schools for almost 8 hours a day. FUN :)
This past weekend one of my best friends came to visit, and we went mini-golfing, AGAIN! It seems like that is the only thing to do around here haha but it's fun! At one point we were on a course with a little (fake) pond and all three of us managed to get our ball stuck in it. This is a picture of me trying to save the balls with a tool they had by the course.
Megan & Me
And of course, there can't be a blog post with out a picture of Toby! He's quite the character. Last night Sam & I went on a walk, so we took Toby with us and carried him so that he could get out and experience the noises of the town. He generally gets a little scared but we want him to get used to it so we take him for short walks. Well, on the way there was a girl about our age and she wanted to pet him. Toby is usually very friendly and loves when people pay attention to him, however I think because of the situation and him being a bit scared of the outside noises, when she pet him he swatted at her. It was very funny though because he is so tiny and she laughed too. What else is funny about him getting angry is the fact that he isn't very good at hissing, instead he sounds like a little cobra! Here are a few photos from the other day when he made a fort in my dresser drawer!
