At Siena Heights University, we are taught to be the best we can be as future teachers, and how we can be successful. Even though it can be stressful at times, it will be worth it in the end.
1. All of your classes are in either PAC 103 or 104
Where even is the Science building?
2. Every book you own has a picture of a child or a teacher on it
Teacher probs 101
3. The common question
There is no joy in writing 6-8 of these at the end of each semester.
4. There are no more than 20 people in you classes
You are basically a family and know all about each other's personal lives.
5. When people ask what class you are going to, you always say the name of the professor. (ex. Kevin's class, Julie's class)
Who actually knows or needs to know the names of classes when you can use actual names of people?
6. Who else wakes up at 6:30am to "go to school"
Daily schedule:
7-9:30am Observations
9:30-9:45am Coffee break
10-12:15pm College courses
12:30pm Lunch
1:00-2:30pm Observations
3:00-4:00 Nap
4:00-5:30 Write lesson plans
5:50-6:00 Dinner
6:00-8:00 Homework
9:00 Sleep because you need to get in those 8 hours of rest for the next day
7. At the end of the semester, you realize you should be more organized
Puling an all nighter to make resource binders can be one of the more daunting tasks of the semester, but you do an adequate job so you'll get an A.
8. Teaching a lesson plan to 20-year olds that is supposed to be taught to second graders is just too fun
"Children, please be louder and more obnoxious. I do not like not having to give consequences for not being rude in class."
9. Referring to the classes you observe in as "your kids"
Spending sixty hours in a classroom over a semester, you tend to create a bond and relationship with them.
10. Technology for Educators
People who are not education majors may not believe that is a real class. It is a class that allows for patience practice, and an addition to a minor in sarcasm.
11. You are always greeted with a warm welcome from Amy in the office
And of course coffee!
12.Coloring can be assigned as homework
At the beginning of each school year you buy: the 96 pack of crayons with a sharpener, the 50 pack of markers, and 36 pack of colored pencils just to be prepared.
13. Making a biography about yourself can be one of the hardest assignments of the semester
"But I am not an interesting person!"
14. You have a bin of teacher supplies and craft materials in your room, well as many containers of Lysol wipes
Need to stay sanitary.
15. The Day the Crayons Quit
Forever we will feel bad for Peach Crayon.
16. Each semester, you create a total of 20 lesson plans and at least 3 unit plans
Friday and Saturday nights are made for lesson plans and unit plans. Basically, you have no life.
17. Learning logs are cooler than regular notebooks.
Try to find the difference between the two.
18. Creativity is key
Sometimes adding sticker or glitter glue will make a world's difference.
19. Reflection is key
Just take a Kevin class and your life will be changed.
20. "It will all be worth it in the end."
For real though, at the end of the day it will be worth it.
