Personal Narrative-Hour Co-Op Class

My senior year has gone by so unbelievably quickly. It had been only four years ago when I first stood in front of the school a mere freshman. Throughout the years I gained a new experience that either made me a more global citizen or better prepared as an academic student. This year has been no exception and I feel ready enough for what’s ahead.

Senior year has been great so far. I got my first job as a paid intern for the City of Sacramento’s Parks Department, I earned straight A’s my first semester, received a new phone, and turned 18. All of this is great but it doesn’t compare to what I learned and experienced during my senior project. I felt as though I learned so much but there is always something more I could do and learn.

This year has definitely been a roller coaster. From the first day there have been some good days, some bad, some easier than others and days I didn’t think I could finish the year. Not everything was has I hoped it would be, I lost a lot of important people in my life; not so much physically but more so emotionally. Friends departed different ways and family became a more difficult to be around. Aside from all of that, I can reflect on senior year and say that my life has changed for the better, simply because I have matured into a more, loving, caring and manageable young lady.

Whether God blesses me to teach in a graded setting or a multiage setting, one aspect of my classroom will be the same. Christ will be the cornerstone of everything we do and learn and our classroom organization will reflect that. My plan for a multiage classroom will incorporate that cornerstone. From the moment a student, caregiver, or faculty member walks into our classroom, they will be able to see that Christ is at the center of everything we do. Our classroom will have a class verse which the students and I will work together to choose at the beginning of the year. The class verse will be posted on a bulletin board in the back of the classroom so that it is the first thing a person would see when walking through the door. The students and I will work together to design and create the display.

Hi everyone, my name is Paula Bondoc and I live in Dublin, Georgia. Right now I'm in high school and I haven't decided on a major yet. This isn't my first time taking an online course but it is the first online college course. I would say that my comfort level with this subject is about 3/6 just because History wasn't my best subject before, but I hope that this course will help me be more comfortable with

Things going on in my senior year have been fine other the some minor things that have happened. Things I have been doing well to get to graduation is trying to Subsidize my class by selling my pancake breakfast tickets so we have a graduation on the football field and also keeping my grades up to get the rest of my 3 credits to graduate. I am also working on my senior PTP packet. I am struggling with my PTP cause some of the things in the packet is hard or confusing. Things I can improve on is working on things more early so i can turn it in on time like for example these blog posts, I need to stop working on them last minute.

As a freshman, it felt as if senior year was something I wouldn’t get to reach, now as a senior I have realized everything I thought how my last year in Charter would be, was not true. So far senior year has been a breeze. Out of all the years, this year has been the best, as far as I can tell. Having a group of friends that stick by each other has helped getting through these 4 years and will have these next few months fly by, before we will have to separate onto our own paths.

My first semester as tutor lead in Spring of 2016 went well given the obstacles our team was given throughout duration of the semester. The highlights of my success include the completion of two of three required Tutor workshops. One, which was a Tutor Talk, was unable to be completed due an unforeseen closure of the building that it was initially supposed to be held in. I had chosen the time specifically to correspond to potential hurdles that my classes would present. I tried to reschedule it twice and was unable to due to time constraints and scheduling. Additionally, it wasn’t just a matter of scheduling, but the need to reserve a room. I wasn’t sure who served as the intermediary to get a room. Furthermore, the topic was vague, I asked

Walking into my classroom, something didn’t seem right. I saw the board scratched like some kind of creature was trying to escape, but eight people was holding it back. Everyone smiled, but it wasn’t a good smile, it was a demonic smile with their smiles to wide and their bloodshot eyes, staring at me with fear. While I was walking down the aisle it felt like a never ending hallway. I finally got to my seat, and I sat down. The classroom was filled, but when I sat down it was empty. I saw only two things one looked like a girl and one looked like a dog. My teacher was turned around writing on the board and it read one of us. I tried to get out of my seat, but I was trapped by barbed wire holding my wrist down and every time I moved it got deeper

I knew right away Ms. Melby led a very student-oriented classroom. She had the desks not set in rows, but facing each other in a circle, so all the students and even the teacher can learn and talk together face-to-face. The first day I met Ms. Melby, she was sitting among the students, and both she and the students voice their own thoughts on the topics they learned. She taught an English class for all four levels of high schools. I sat in a corner, watching them be together in one group, each student asked for their opinion. They were reading To Kill a Mockingbird, but she was more focused on experiences they faced rather than read word for word. It was all set in a progressive classroom.

There are times, in an educator’s span of lesson plans, where a great idea just does not work out as you plan it in your head. This was one of those times. I have been conducting my field experience for the ECE program I am enrolled in, at Merryhill School. Now I knew Merryhill created their own curriculum. I had no idea that they would ever say no to an inspiring student teacher wanting to teach a fun lesson. However, they did not say no, they just ignored me and did not respond to any inquiries. So by the good gracious of Ms. Ramsey, our instructor for ECE240: Nature, Numbers, and Technology, I was able to teach my lesson with my church’s youth group. A class on Wednesday evenings, made up of 3 three year olds, 2 five year olds, and a six year old, six children in total. Before I even set up for the lesson, I spoke to the parents of the youth group, before prior to the lesson. Each parent

This semester has been a transition. I changed from a junior college to a university. My classes shifted from pre-requisites to classes pertaining to my major. I have also escaped the dorm life and moved into an apartment. All this change has come with bountiful knowledge. I have had many learning experiences, both social and academic. This year has been a growing experience. I have worked on developing as a student and broadening my relationships.

My first semester at Arizona State University is coming to a close, I’ve had a lot of new experiences in both classes and socially; ASU has changed me as a person and the change is for the better. This semester I learned how strong minded I am in my beliefs, I feel like in college its very easy to go with the flow and follow the general crowd but I didn’t do that, throughout the semester I did things my way to make me most happy. Another thing I learned about myself this semester was how smart I can be if I truly apply myself to everything, I got my goal of a 4.0 GPA and I couldn't be happier this was a goal I truly never thought I would reach. Lastly, I learned how much I love my girlfriend this semester, being in a big college environment it was so nice to have once close confidant that I can call my own.

When I started this semester I expected college to be like highschool but harder. I was wrong there are many things that I did not expect, and though I did alright this semester I plan on improving a great deal next semester. Next semester I plan on improving how much work I put into academics, how I plan on spending my money, and how I plan on improving my personal life.

My favorite time of the year was coming to an end, as I had to say goodbye to those worry-free, beach-bum summer days. Summer had passed before my eyes and it was now the start of my sophomore year in college. I was enrolled in a couple psychology classes for my major and a Geology class that would count towards my GE. The semester before was not the best, as it had a negative impact on my grade point average. So here I am again, another semester hoping the same thing does not happen again.