Student Teaching!

Ever since I was a kid I have wanted to be a teacher. When I was little, about fifth or sixth grade, I wanted to teach daycare. My friends and I even put together a little daycare during the summer for people in our neighborhood. It was a lot of fun. At the end of the summer we put on a play of our own rendition of Rumpelstiltskin. Oh the memories...
When I was in junior high I wanted to teach elementary school because I missed being there. Also elementary school has recess. Then in high school I realized I'd have to teach math if I taught elementary school, and I hate math, so I decided on teaching English. Then, because my junior high English teachers were so influential to me, I decided I wanted to teach junior high too. I had the opportunity to do an internship my senior year of high school at American Fork Junior High every week. I absolutely fell in love. I loved being in the classroom and watching kids learn.
When I graduated from high school, I moved down to Cedar City to attend Southern Utah University. And thus my five year journey began. I loved (most of) my classes. The English ones were great and helped me to think about my beliefs and challenge what I liked to read. The education classes were fun most of the time. I would snapchat my friends during class when my assignments were things like "take this quiz and find out your personality" or "draw a picture that represents this". They always made fun of me and would ask if I was even learning anything.
This semester I've been in "The Block" which is when I take the classes that help me prepare for my student teaching. It's been a bit surreal this semester. I can't believe I'm going to be a practicing teacher starting in January. It's really scary. What if I'm terrible at teaching? What if I really didn't learn squat my 4.5 years of college so far? I feel vastly under-prepared. But I am grateful for the teachers who have gotten me to this point. They have trained me well and I can't wait to start.
So I got my student teaching assignment today. I've been praying it would be up North so I could move back home to be with my friends and family. Lucky for me, my prayers were answered. I will be student teaching at Frontier Middle School in Eagle Mountain! I can't wait! I'm still more nervous than I've ever been, but I'm so glad to know where I'm finally going.
So I'll be seeing you soon Frontier Middle! Until then, this is Jaclyn Landeen, signing off.