Last Day of King Intermediate

I can NOT believe it. I am officially a college graduate. Today was my last day at King Intermediate, as a student teacher. Maybe I will be back sometime in the future, but for now it's SUMMER TIME! I have had such a wonderful experience. BUT i'm not going to lie.. there were some tough days in there. I got sick three times during the semester. I had what felt like a billion observations by professors, and so much paperwork. I did an action research paper. I yelled a LOT. A LOT more than I thought I ever would. I told one of my classes to shut up. I held students after school for detention. I tried to motivate my students by choosing students of the week for five separate classes. I graded many, many tests, that I THOUGHT every student should've gotten an A on. I made a DREADED teacher standards portfolio. I had a student tell me he would be my husband. Had students call me babe. Schooled a bunch of kids in pool on our field trip. and I received many compliments about my pretty eye balls. HAHA. SERIOUSLY was such a GREAT experience. MUCH Thanks to my cooperating teacher Ross Takahashi for being SOOO great. He has taught me so many things that will help me be a better teacher. I really do look up to that guy :) I have this sort of sad feeling. I have been waiting for this moment for the past four years, to be done with college, and now it's over and i'm SAD! who WOULd'VE thought!!! seriously though, I didn't know five months could just pass me by so quickly. and I have had sooooooo many great times. This year, the last day of school was no ordinary last day of school. Usually I am totally psyched and excited, looking forward to a summer full of play, knowing again I would return to my lovely classmates and friends and greet them in a few months as the school year once again started, but no, not this time. This time I will not return. It is sad knowing that maybe I won't see some of them again in my life. Did I make a difference in their life? Did I pass along some smiles, and some happiness for just a moment? I just can't believe it I'M a FREE SOUL!!!!!!!! :D

I love this picture. I have enjoyed King Intermediate very much. The good and the bad. :)