Today was my first day working at the Foote School in New Haven. Today was full of figuring out schedules, familiarizing myself with classrooms as well as teachers. I spent the majority of the day sitting in on classes, attempting to figure out the dynamic, as well as how I can be useful to the students and teachers. Something that was particularly interesting to me was sitting in on a seventh grade humanities class, usually the class is spent half english and the other half history. However, today they spent the majority of the time talking about history. The topic was the OJ Simpson case, and I thought it was really interesting how this is something that is taught in classrooms now. I did not have very much prior knowledge about the case, but the conversations that were had in class were quite interesting and thought provoking. Based off of what I did today, I am really looking forward to the next couple of weeks.
Today was a rough day, not only was it Monday, but it was my last day. I helped the fourth graders polish their biography reports, and worked separately with certain second graders who have been struggling with math. They are just starting multiplication, and I remember how challenging that was for me. I really enjoy working with these kids because I hope that I can in some small way help them understand multiplication better, and perhaps help them to have a more positive experience than I did. The end of the day however, was particularly challenging. Some of the second graders started crying when I told them that I wasn't going to be coming to their classroom anymore. However, I did tell them that my family is on the board at Foote and that I will be around campus in the next coming weeks, and will probably see them in the next couple of years. The fourth graders where so grateful to me, they kept on saying thank you for coming and helping with our papers, etc. It filled me with s...
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