Lets try it again

APPARANTLY I SENT MY MESSAGE WITHOUT POSTING A MESSAGE...LOL APRIL ARE YOU FEELING LONELY LATE AT NIGHT BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO ONES BLOG TO READ? I DECIDED I WOULD POST TO YOU SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE SOMETHING TO DO AND SEE HOW PRACTICUM IS GOING?

LETS SEE THE FIRST DAY I STARTED TO LOOSE MY VOICE. BY DAY TWO COMPLETELY GONE,....THEN DAY THREE AND FOUR STILL NOT THERE. SO BY DAY FIVE KINDA BACK, BUT NOW ITS THE WEEKEND AND I AM COUGHING OUT OF CONTROL ALL OVER AGAIN..WHATS THE DEAL WITH THAT.

I CRIED THIS WEEK...GO FIGURE! I HAVE DONE ALOT OF THAT THIS YEAR IN THE PROGRAM. YOU KNOW APRIL, YOU TELL US TO TAP INTO PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE FOR THINGS TO INTERPRET. YOU WOULD THINK EDUCATIONALLY IT WOULD BE EASY TO TAP INTO PREVIOUS CLASSES AND SO ON, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT...I HAVE NOTHING TO TAP INTO. I FEEL LIKE I AM IN A DIFFERENT WORLD, WHEN I WENT TO SCHOOL ELEM, MIDDLE, JR HIGH AND HIGH NOTHING THAT I LEARNED IS BEING TAUGHT TODAY. KIDS IN LIKE 6TH GRADE ARE LEARNING PRE AL BY8TH GRADE ALEG AND BY 10 GEOM. WHATS THE DEAL WITH THAT..I GRADUATED WITH JUST KNOWING ADDING SUBTRACTING, DIVIDING, AND MULTIPLYING. YOU KNOW MY STUDENTS CAN TEACH ME..HOW SAD! SO TAPPING INTO KNOWLEDGE THIS WEEK IS USELESS BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING TO TAP INTO.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT...I AM HAVING SUCH A GOOD TIME! RACHEL HAS BEEN THERE FOR ME WHEN I HAVE BROKEN DOWN AND SOBBED..SHES ENCOURAGING. YOU KNOW I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO WALK INTO THE SCHOOL AND THE MENTOR WAS GOING TO BE THE ONLY ONE ENCOURAGING US AND SO ON, BUT THEY HAVE AN AWESOME TEAM THERE. YOU KNOW EVERYONE OF THOSE INTERPRETERS AREN'T LIKE WE'RE BETTER THEN YOU..EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE..ARE STUFF LIKE THAT. THEY ARE AMAZING, ENCOURAGING US, TELLING US GOOD JOB, FILLING US IN THAT THEY WERE IN OUR SHOES BEFORE. I TOTALLY LOVE THEM ALL! SUPPORTING WOULD BE THE MAIN WORD TO DESCRIBE ALL OF THEM! HOW AWESOME, I AM GLAD TO BE PLACED AT A SCHOOL THAT THE TEAM IS GREAT..I DON'T THINK I WOULD FINISH OUT PRACTICUM IF SOMEONE WASN'T ENCOURAGING AND SPENT TIME BEING CRITICAL AND NOT ENCOURAGING, CAUSE TRUST ME I AM MY OWN WORST CRITIC!
LAG TIME..I AM HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THAT ALSO. I AM SO NERVOUS THAT I STAY RIGHT ON TOP OF THE MESSAGE AFRAID I'LL MISS SOMETHING. I HAVE BEEN SO SICK THIS WEEK WITH THIS STUPID COLD AND THEN CONSTANT FLOW OF STOMACH PROBLEMS DO TO NERVES! AHHHHHHH!! WHEN WILL I CALM DOWN? WHO KNOWS.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I LOVE THE STUDENTS. VERY ENCOURAGING..THEY ARE ACTUALLY THE ONES WHO ALSO ARE TELLING US TO COME ONE AND INTERPRET FOR PRACTICE, INSTEAD OF BEING LIKE YOU SUCK, DON'T PRACTICE ON ME. VERY HELPFUL AND PATIENT WITH MY SCREW UPS!
HOPEFULLY THIS WEEK COMING UP WILL BE BETTER. I HAVE ASKED TEACHERS FOR LESSON PLANS AND ASKED INTERPRETERS FOR BOOKS FOR RESOURCES TO STUDY UP ON SOME OF THE STUFF. WOOO HOO I WENT FROM BEING IN COLLEGE AND JUST NOW GOING BACKWARDS. HOW FUNNY. I AM GOING TO TRY MORE HANDS ON INTERPRETING LETS SEE HOW THAT GOES.
I HOPE EVERYONE ELSE IS HAVING A GOOD TIME DURING PRACTICUM. IF NO ONE IS ENCOURAGING YOU, HERE ARE MY WORDS, I LOVE YOU GUYS!! YOU (WE) ALL AS A GROUP HAVE IMPROVED SUCH A LONG WAY THIS YEAR AND KNOW THAT A YEAR AGO WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS BUT WE HAVE IMPROVED AND IT WILL ONLY KEEP GETTING BETTER. EVERYONE BE CAREFUL..AND SEE YOU THIS COMING WEEKEND!