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Weekly Reflection 1

 5/15/22

8:45pm

Total Hours: 23

Honestly, this week was not the first week of my senior project that I had hoped for or could have imagined. I was so beyond excited to spend this week with one of my favorite teachers, Jill Jones Grotnes. In my head, I had envisioned us working together during classes and having fun doing projects out of the classroom. Covid had not even crossed my mind in my thoughts about my senior project. Instead, on the first day Jill tested positive, and after that, I spent the whole week worrying about if I was going to have covid or not. Questions like, was I going to be able to play in my tennis playoffs this weekend or would I even be able to get enough hours were constantly swirling around my brain. Due to this covid situation, I was definitely surprised and thrown into the deep end. Jill and I joked “Go big or go home” right before I had to teach my first solo class. There were so many things I learned this week like the confirmation that I still find teenage kids so frustrating in classroom scenarios. It's really hard to get a class motivated when you are a student so my biggest learning moments were in the classes. I was confident in myself, but it is still brutal to hear every student continue to ask if they can leave over and over again. As if the answer had not changed from when Jill said it to the ten times I said it. The classes were not my favorite part of the week but some were better ones which was a nice break. My highlights were my facetimes with Jill and the periods where I got to do art. I enjoyed starting some new paintings for the art show. These times allowed the opportunity to relax and shut down in between the classes I found more difficult. I benefited from having the opportunity to focus on my art and I feel like the paintings I made this week have been strong. The art gave my brain the feeling of productivity when I felt like I was letting Jill’s classes get behind. A big hope of mine is for Jill to come back and to get to spend time with her. I genuinely didn’t realize how much work teaching is and how frustrating it can be. Teachers deserve way more credit. I think if my senior project had gone to plan, I would have enjoyed it more, but I appreciate all the help the other art teachers gave me while Jill was out.

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