Brent

Great Weekend!

    Hey everyone! How was your weekend? I hope it was great. Well let me tell you a little about what I did this weekend. Well let me start with Friday. Friday was a low key night, Jessica and I watched movies and played video games, but nothing to extreme. We wanted to save our energy for Saturday, because we were going to go shopping all day. So like I stated before on Saturday we went Christmas shopping, which was a lot of fun, we went to the mall, Target, Wallmart, Best Buy, and even Cub Foods. Then after shopping Joel and Karissa came down here to visit, so we went out to eat at Grandmas. I had Buffalo shrimp, which was really good. Then after that we went down to Bentlyville, which was a very fun time. We saw all the light, got free popcorn, and cookies, and had a blast taking pictures and walking around. It was a very magical night it seemed like. Then after that we all went back up towards the mall and went out to eat at Grizzlies, for appetizers. It wasn't until about 11:30 when we left. As for Sunday Jessica and I watched football all day long, which was a lot of fun. We also worked on some of our home work so that this week would not be so bad. Well anyways that was my weekend and I hope your weekend was just as exciting if not more. Have a great day! 

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Friday and Saints Game!

    Hey everyone! How is it going? Well it is going good here. I went to school early today to get some homework done. Today I went to school around 7:20 with Jessica and Sarah. Today at school I typed two papers for my professional portfolio, which wasn't to bad it took me from 7:30-11:30 to finish. As of right now I am just blogging about my day. Well today is Friday and I am going to go home at 12:00 and I am going to start working on my professional portfolio when I get home. Then around 3:00 I am going to workout. Then after that I am going to play some Fallout 3 until later tonight when I am going to go to the Saints game.

    Well as for this weekend Jessica and I are going to go Christmas shopping on Saturday, then on Sunday I am going to get all caught up on my portfolio and work on that pretty much all morning long. Well anyways I am going to get out of here. Talk to you later.

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Talking to Future Student Teachers!

    Hey everyone! How is it going? Well it is going great here. Well today I went to school early, because I had to talk to some students about student teaching. The experience was really good, they asked a lot of questions and I helped them. They were really worry about subject matter, but I told them it was not as bad as they thought. Then after that I met with a person in the business office and talked to him about how I can get my perkin loan forgiven, which was really great news to hear. He said since I am going into education, there should be no problem for me to get my loans forgiven.

    As of right now at this moment in time, I am working on my portfolio. I am writing statements trying to finish everything up. It is a long and boning task, but I want to get it done, some time this week or weekend. Then after I get done with this portfolio, I am going to be working on my professional portfolio, which I hope will not take as long. As for later tonight I am going to go home around 4:00. Then once I get home I am going to workout. Then for the rest of the night I am going to watch TV, and maybe do some more portfolio stuff, but who knows if I will want to do that. Well anyways I better going.

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Mock Interviews Today!

    Hey everyone! How is it going? Well are you getting pounded with snow? Have probably got around 2 inches of snow last night, and there is suppose to be another 2-4 inches today expected. Well this morning I woke up early at 6:30 a.m. so that I could get dressed and shower before I headed to Proctor middle school to get my letter of recommendation. The road this morning we not to bad, there was one accident on the road on Masaba, but other than that it was not that bad. Then once I got my letter I needed to drive back to St. Scholastica, because I had a mock interview at 9:10. The interview lasted for 40 minutes and it went really well. I was pretty lucky and got easy questions I felt. I had one question on how I would involve parents in their child's education. I also had another question on who has influenced me the most. They were both fairly easy questions and I answered them very well, they said.

    As for the rest of the day, I am going to eat lunch at 12:00 with the education department, then we are going to have a short meeting about what we like and disliked about the teaching program at CSS. Then after that I have another meeting to go to, followed by a education party at 4:00 with food and beverages. Then after that I am going to go home and watch my show's with Jessica. We are going to watch Shrek the hall, and modern family tonight. I also am going to work on my portfolio. Well anyways I better get going, drive safe and have a great day!

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Going back to school to learn!

    Hey everyone! How is it going? It is going great here. Wow last night I slept really well, which allowed me to wake up really good today. Today I woke up at 8:30 and went down stairs in our apartment to workout, which was really great and it felt so good. Then after I worked out I went back up to our room and started to clean it. While I was cleaning I made some breakfast. I had eggs and some sausage, which tasted really well. Then after eating breakfast, I started to work on my resume and some other homework.
    Well as for the rest of the day we I have to go up to school at 1:00 for one of my education classes. We are going to be tailing about how to take and interview and they are going to give us tips on what to do and what not to do. They are also going to talk to us about our portfolios and what we still need to do with them. Then at 4:30 I am going to meet with some one in Tower to help me with my resume, I hope I can get it all done today and have some people read it just so I can get a idea what other people think of it. Then after that I am going to some home and relax and watch some TV. I think tonight is going to be a good night to stay in, because it sounds like the weather is going to be pretty bad. We are in a winter storm watch and we could be getting up to 6-9 inches of snow, with high winds. Well anyways I better get going.

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All Done Teaching!

    Hey everyone! How is it going? Well I hope you all had a great weekend. Well my weekend was great. Let me tell you about it. On Friday night I went over to my brother's place and hung out their for awhile then after that we went to Applebees which was pretty fun, then after that we all went our seperate ways. Then on Saturday I relaxed and played my video game Fallout 3. Then later that night Jessica and I went to the Blind Side, which was a really great movie, and I would recomend it to anyone. Then came Sunday, which was another pretty relaxing day. I played my video game, did some interview questions, and then had my brother come over to watch the Viking game. During the Viking game we ate pizza, which we got from Papa Murphy's, which was really good. Then after the game I brought Paul home.

    Well as for today, I went to school early and started to write my resume, which is going better than I expected it to go. I am going to go home here in a little bit to get something to eat, because I am starving right now. Then as for the rest of the day I am going to hang out at my place and clean up, play Fallout 3, and then workout at 3:00 once Jessica gets done with class. Well anyways I better get going.

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Last Week of School!

    Hey everyone! How is it going? Well I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving break, I know I sure did. Over break a did many things. I went to a couple movies, hung out with friends, ate a lot of food, slept in, and went to the Holidazzle parade in the cities. Well today officially starts my last week of student teaching. Boy it sure did go by fast. It was a lot of work, but when I look back at what I did I am very impressed with myself.

    Well as for today in the middle school I reviewed with the students what organelles were in an animal cell. We went over their structure and function, which was very difficult for many of them to remember after having a break. Then in the high school I started the next chapter in the book, which is on Cell division. It was a pretty easy lesson, then I had them work on a lab, which involved them looking at a karyotype. It was a rather easy lab for them and many of them finished their lab during class. Well anyways it was a great start of the last week and I am really going to miss student teaching for many of these students.

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Learning about Cell Organization and Light Reactions!

    Hey everyone! How is it going? Well it is going great here. Well as for today I had an awesome lesson. Today I taught about how cell make up tissues and tissues make up organs, and organs make up organ-systems. It was a really great lesson and I think the students enjoyed it as well. What I did was I took the human body, and I broke it down into an organ system. Then I looked at the digestive system and told the kids about that. They found it really interesting. Then I took and organ, the stomach and I looked at that. We saw that the stomach was composed of different tissues, which was need to look at. Then we looked at tissues and then finally cells. It was a really good lesson, and the teacher that was observing me also said that it was a great lesson. She then gave me a review on my lesson, since it was such a great lesson.

    As for the high school, I also had another great lesson. I first had the students take a quiz so that I could see what they learned from the other day. Then I had the students look at the chloroplast of a elodea plant. So I gave them about 15 minutes to do that. Then after that I taught them about a light reaction, which was rather complicated for them, but it is something that we will work on, in the next couple of weeks. Anyways today was a great day. Now I am going to go get some subway, and then go back home and watch The Office, and then call it a night.

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Difficlut day Teaching

    Today I woke up thinking nothing could go wrong, but today was a day like non other. Today I started off my day as usual I woke up at 5:30, jumped in the shower, and got dressed. I then headed towards Proctor high school. Everything up until this point was going great. I taught my first hour life science class and it was a really great lesson. We talked about what it means to be alive and what makes a living thing living. However it was after this class that my world was shaken up. It was after this class that I found that my grandpa had went to the hospital and was not doing very well. I got a little choked up, but I still had a job to do, so I pressed on and taught again for my third hour life science class. I was rather difficult to teach having my grandpa on my mind, but I managed to press thought it.

    For the second half of the day I was in the high school and I taught a lesson on photosynthesis, which went pretty well considering the situation I was in. Then it was after my last hour of the day that I found out that my grandpa had passed away, which was really hard for me. Well anyways I though I would share why I wasn't at school.

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Good Lesson Today!

    Hey everyone! How is it going? Well sorry it has been such a long time since I last blogged, I have been very busy, also my grandpa passed way last Friday so I went back home for the wake and funeral. Last night I just got back to town and frantically put together my lessons for Monday. I ended up going to bed last night at 10:30 which was really nice, because I was supper tired.

    Well as for today I taught a lesson in the middle school about prokaryotes and eurakaryotes and the lesson went pretty well considering I was not planing on teaching today, because my teacher said she had it all taken care of, but obviously she didn't. Then as for the high school I was really nervous, because I had to teach a lesson on photosynthesis and my adviser was present watching me teach. She had to evaluate me and I really wanted to do a good job for her. After giving my lesson, which I though was rather dull, I was surprise to hear from my adviser that it was a great lesson. So that news made me really happy and I was really glad that I did so well on it. Well as for tonight I am going to try and relax and watch my TV shows, then I will plan my lesson, and go to bed a hopefully 10:00. I know what an exciting life.

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