Weird

I completed my student teaching internship on Tuesday. It is going to be so weird not going back to school tomorrow. When I dismissed the class for the last time on Tuesday I had tears in my eyes as students came up to hug me goodbye. Some students even cried too. I'll always remember my first class and I could not have asked for a better mentor teacher or a more awesome group of students. I learned so much in the last three months as I continued my path to being a teaching professional. My time spent student teaching has me confident that I am prepared to have my own classroom. I cannot wait to see where my teaching career takes me when I finish my education at Albion College. 

Before I left I put two thank you notes on my mentor's desk. One for her specifically, and one for her to read to the students when they return from Thanksgiving break. She told me she did not read the one I left for the class because she "wants to be surprised along with them." I hope my students understand how much I care about them.