Wonderful, Wrapping Up, Winter

Wonderful:
Spring break is drawing to a close and I cannot describe how much I needed this past week off! I spent the whole of the week up at Omaha with Nick which was wonderful! U forgot a stack of essays on my desk at school that needed to be graded, which turned out to be okay because I was really then just forced to relax and enjoy my break. Plus, they will be there for me tomorrow morning at 7:30 a.m. when I arrive at my room :) I am planning on giving them back on Friday because that will give me plenty of time to go back over the grades I gave the others and make sure that I am happy with the grades I am giving, and also because I know there will be these few students who will complain and ask why they didn't get a 100% and frankly the comments I provide and the grading rubric attached should suffice as an explanation, but alas it won't and so they won't be able to continue questioning me throughout the week. Maybe that's the chicken way out, but I think that students should be able to read the comment and see all the marks on the rubric and understand why they received the grade they did.

Wrapping Up:
This semester seriously has been the busiest ever and I am so ready for it to wrap up. I have only two full weeks and a day left in my student teaching career and am so totally counting down the days :) I think it will be different when I have a classroom of my own because it's kind of tough just jumping in and taking over mid-school year. Anyhow, these last seven weeks have been so busy and I am ready for them to draw to a close, plus, I have so many other things to look forward to this summer and so the end of student teaching essentially marks the beginning of everything else!

Winter:
Well I am hoping winter is officially on the way out and I can assure you, it will not be missed by me :) Saturday was my last day in Omaha and it was so nice outside and I could only wish I had more time with Nick, but then got to thinking that the next time I see him I will be done with school and Winter should be over so we should be able to spend much more time outside!