Challenge

At my internship I would say that the hardest moments would be when I did my 1st lesson. I was really nervous on teaching my 1st lesson. I was actually trembling of nervousness. I was asking myself the day before of the lesson "what did I get myself into?" To say the truth I was kind of not looking forward to teach the lesson but at the same time I was looking forward my 1st lesson. The reason that I wasn't looking forward my 1st lesson was because I was really nervous. I thought to myself of the negative things that would happen during the lesson. I was not really so confident about how I would teach the first time because I was kind of scared to teach them wrong things and also having my mentor observe my teaching. On the other hand I was also looking forward to teach my 1st lesson because I was excited to teach my 1st lesson. I wanted to experience how to teach and what it takes a teacher to get prepared to do a lesson and what happens during a lesson. After that experience I really like what I do every Thursday and enjoy every single minute that I teach. I have talked to my mentor about my nervousness and she has also seen how I act when I nervous and how I look like. So she can pretty much tell when I nervous. She tells me that I have to calm down and relax. Her advice has really helped me to calm down and not be as nervous as I would usually get.

Behavioral Problem

At my internship there's a few behavioral problem in my mentor's classroom. There's two students that get into trouble almost everyday. One of the student is really sensitive and cries really often. Like if my mentor tells her to stop drawing because of the time she automatically starts to cry. In that situation she would cry because when it's her favorite thing to do it's very hard to get her to stop. I really understand how she's feels because I'm also sensitive when someone disrespects me verbally. Another student that gets into trouble is a very sweet child. She's constantly sent t0 the office. When I go to my internship I see her name always in yellow or red. When I talk to her she's is a sweet kid who likes to do work independently and does not like to be bothered. What I could to help them is to have a one-on-one conversation and figure out what would help them emotionally and sensitively. I would commit my self to help them when I go to my internship.

Acting Differently

Well people at my internship act really professional their language is so comprehensible whereas in my family we talk to each other in Spanish and it's sometimes hard to listen to one another. At my internship it's like I'm in a office full of people dressed professionally and speak with proper terms. I'm mean I couldn't be that way for one whole day because it's hard for me to act so professional. I really like the way that my mentor talks to first graders because I sometimes for get not to use words that first graders don't even know. At my house we talk really differently than what I talk at my internship. Anyways I would not last a whole day talking like a professional I would not really do a good job at it. Acting professional could help me in the future because it's going to help me be more prepared as to what kind of job is waiting for me. Acting professional would be totally out of my comfort zone. I'm not really used to being a person that acts and talks so professional. I try to follow my mentors foot steps but it's really hard for me. Maybe that knowledge that I capture would and will be useful for me in the future.

Skills That Would Make Me A Better Intern

When I think of the qualities that I need to know in order to be a better intern is to get rid of my shyness. I think that is my important goal through out my internship because in order to have confidence in teaching you need to be more open with students and in what you do .I have learned that little by little my shyness is fading of and hopefully I would be more open with my peer and staff at my internship. The skills that come to mind is to be more creative with putting up work of the students. Lately my mentor tells me to put up stuff but when I think on how to put them up, it makes me really think of how to do it right. My mentor on the other hand has a gift because she is so creative that's why her classroom is so creative and colorful. I want to be as creative as my mentor because when I think of it, I think to my self (if i become a teacher in the future) how are my students are going to seem as a fun teacher or a teacher that boring. I want to grow up and hopefully be a teacher in the future and enjoy my career as i do when I go to my internship. I want to have the qualities and skills that my mentor has because I really like the way she teaches.