This semester felt slow at times, but overall I am surprised that it is turning into the second week of December (Mondays are the beginning of the week in my mind).
Thank you to those of you that commented on my blog, although required as part of the assignment, I feel that the comments were helpful, thoughtful and friendly. This assignment made me feel part of a community of thinkers, rather than just a class. It is nice to interact! As Mackenzie pointed out in her last blog, teaching can be a lonely profession. It is lovely to have the discussions and interactions of this course to file away. I also like to think that the loneliness can be held off by creating a class room environment in which your students feel they can actively discuss and discover their own writing.
I am actually writing my Praxis paper on the blogging assignments- and how my perception changed over the semester. I was very apprehensive about being back in the classroom, feeling a bit out of place and overwhelmed. I felt like a nameless soul among people who already knew each other, and the blogging give me the opportunity to get to "meet" my classmates. I only wish we had gotten to hear more of the memoirs! Those and the One-pagers were the other windows into each of our personalities.
Thank you!
