Blog 12

My internship will be at Kindercare Learning Center in Newburyport, which is about 10 minutes from Pentucket. My plan is to go to my internship April 24-28 and May 1-5. Given it is only ten minutes away I am going to go right after fourth period - during lunch and this class to do my internship. Days I do not have work after school (Tuesdays) I will go after I get out. I plan on working with the kids, doing different projects and keeping observations of how children react to different things such as, a game that includes stressful parts. I will also observe and take notes on different development things I see. I will be away May 10-15, therefore May 8-9 I will be in the classroom working on my project.

Blog 11

Teachers ask students to do research and write about it so we can gain knowledge and expand our imagination. I know when I research I learn a ton of new information, so learning can be another factor as to why teachers would want students to research.

I found a lot of information for my paper through databases, books, and different online sources. My topic was very broad so there is a ton of information out there. It wasnt hard approaching my information.

Looking back at the last ten weeks what I learned about myself is that I need to get better at time management, especially for when I go to college. I also learned that school work and being a senior is not a good mix for me!!!

Like what I said above, I need to work on my time management in college, but what I will carry successfully into next year is my ability to communicate. I am not afraid to confront people (although sometimes I will feel annoying), I am good at communicating especially things I need help with which will help me greatly next year.

A particular week that did not work with me was the week the chapters 6 and 9 were due on google classroom, I don't know if I was having an off week or I just didn't have any motivation, but that was the only week I think I struggled the most. Otherwise I don't think this is a bad class, it's enjoyable and fun to be in. Would be more fun if I was a junior, I'd actually have more motivation.

Blog 10

Something that has frustrated me is the fact that I took a lot of time and thought into processing a letter to send to possible places to shadow. I sent out at least 6 letters and not a single person got back to me. Therefore, I had to revert to a plan B. I am going into a place this week to talk to the manager of a child department to figure out my service hours. Although I know where I am going, it took longer then it should have and I just got a little frustrated when no one was returning my emails or calls.

My biggest time waster would probably be some of the Google classroom work, sometimes it was a force to complete those. During the time of getting those done I could have been more productive in reading my book or writing my research paper.

I deal with stress by looking at the big picture. I remind myself that I am almost done with school and that if I push myself and try to avoid all the stress, it will pay off in the end. I do one thing at a time and not overwhelm myself more.

I am currently all caught up in everything. However, the past month I have been a little bit behind because of stress. I know it's no excuse but a mix of stress and the fact that senior year is almost over is not a good mix. I think when I go off to college all the stress will go away because most of my stress comes from finishing this year on a good note- trying to do that on top of working 5 days a week right after school, from working going straight to practice 3 days a week and most nights I don't get home till 9-10 and then I have no motivation to do work that late. Eventually I won't be working or doing sports anymore and my stress will decrease. I plan to get all my homework done in school the rest of the year and try my best to stay on top of things.