I am preparing for my final day student teaching in Indiana tomorrow and I honestly don't know how I am going to say goodbye. I have grown more as an educator in the last nine weeks than I ever imagined. I have worked under some of the most talented educators in the state of Indiana and feel so blessed to have had the opportunity to do so. I love my class. I love my host teacher. I love my colleagues. Basically I don't know if I am ready to leave. How do you say goodbye to an experience that has completely changed your life? I have learned exactly who I am as a teacher and I am ready for what my first teaching job holds, simply from the time I spent with my first grade kiddos. How do you say goodbye to 22 sad six year olds? How do you tell 22 silly six year olds how much of an impact they have each had on me, and how each of their little personalities will forever hold a special place in my heart?
Long story short, tomorrow is going to end too soon and I am going to have to say goodbye to some of the most inspiring educators I have had the privilege to work with and some of the most incredible students I have had the privilege to teach.
Wish me luck. Goodbyes have never been easy for me.
COUNTDOWN: 3 DAYS
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