Hello.... See you in January!

For the first time all semester, I met Mrs. Mann’s afternoon classes. On Wednesday, I spent the day at Jackson High School. I did leave before the final bell rang, due to a college class, but from first through tenth period I followed around my cooperating teacher. Next semester I will be teaching four English classes; three of which are Freshman. I taught my unit plan to the second period students, and sat in on fifth/sixth period a half a dozen times. On Wednesday, I waited until the tenth period students filed in and sat down before I left for Kent Stark. I quickly introduced myself before running off to class. I believe I am building relationships with the other English classes except tenth period. I probably will not see them again until January. An optimistic look at the situation, at least I met them once before I start teaching.

Last night I went to see Jackson’s musical: Beauty and the Beast. My classmate, who is also student teaching at Jackson, joined me fifteen minutes before the show started to find our seats. When 8:00 p.m. rolled around, no dimming of the lights, no warming up of the pit band… nothing. A few minutes after the hour, a man made an announcement; the theatre company gave them double the tickets, therefore some seats were sold twice for the same night. A few members of the stage crew brought out folding chairs. Also, they ran out of programs, neither Andy nor I received one. Hesitant to what we were about to see, the lights finally went down and the opening music began about twenty after eight. The show turned out to be very good. The costumes were adorable and the singing was fantastic. Although the show saw a few minor technical problems, the students powered their way through one of Disney’s all time favorite movies. Congratulations cast, crew, and pit of Beauty and the Beast, you were great!