We all have our own hidden talents

This post is a little late, but I got observed on Monday again and it went great!! I was observed by both my main teacher and the facilitator and they both had great things to say about my teaching. It was the best CPAS score I have gotten since I have been observed. (I know a lot of you don't know what that means but basically they score me in 32 different areas and then average it). The kids were the most engaged that they ever have been and they were very enthusiastic so that really helped me. My teacher said he can tell that I am a natural and that I will be a phenomenal teacher. I don't know if he was sincere or if he was just saying that but it sure makes me feel good. Teaching is so hard, I am nervous about teaching but I figure as long as I can build relationships with the kids and they can trust me then I will be a fine.

Kids are so funny. Laura, the other BYU student that is teaching in my class, was talking to these two students and I happen to be near by so I overheard the conversation. Taylor, a girl in the class, was flaring her nostrils at Caleb, another student in my class. Caleb said "Woah, what are you doing with your nose?! How do you do that?!" After asking, Caleb gave a good honest effort but could not for the life of him flare his nostrils. Finally, to console him, Laura said "It's ok Caleb, we all have our own hidden talents". Caleb, with his head hung a little low, said "yeah, I guess that's right. I can make really good fart noises with my armpit" (excuse the word, I don't like that word I am just directly quoting here). It was rather funny, Caleb was dead serious here. I'm glad he felt good about his hidden talent.

Yesterday I took a trip to the dinosaur museum. I was excited to go, but once I got there I realized that it would probably have been more enjoyable if I didn't have to herd a bunch of fourth graders through it. They were actually pretty good it was just hectic trying to keep my group together and answer all the questions in the booklet they had. They were all so concerned about getting every answer. When I am a teacher, I am going to be modest in the number of questions I give. The questions were dumb and caused a headache for group leaders because we had to keep track and make sure every kid was getting the answer and 15 kids trying to crowd around one tiny sign is a wee bit difficult. All in all it was still fun to hang out with my kids other than in the classroom. I can't tell which ones like me and which ones hate my guts...oh well!