This was the last day of the 1st session of summer classes. I took the final today for the Maps & Map Reading class. Monday I start two classes for the 2nd session. That should last approximately the same amount of time.
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Category Archives: University of Akron
Last Day
Today is the last day of the Spring semester for the University of Akron. I do not have my grades yet, but I am sure that if I check in on that next week they will all be there. I am really excited to see how I did considering the number of classes I took. I am heading into the Summer semester in another week, so I only get a short break here before I’m heading off to classes again.
Spring ’09 (Update)
I got all of the classes that I needed for this semester. It is just a matter of passing all these classes, the Praxis II, and I believe I have one other test of sorts that I have to take. Then it’s off to 2 classes for this summer and then if I do all that then I should be, hopefully, student teaching this fall.
Spring ’09
This is the first day of the Spring semester at the University of Akron. I will be going to my classes, as well as a few classes I am not registered for. Lets all keep our fingers crossed that the professors whose classes I show up to this week find it in their hearts to let me stay in their class. It’s a heck of a lot of classes (16 credit hours total if I get into these two classes), but I sort of need them.
Probably update this on Friday when I know better what’s going on.
Finals Week
Today is probably the worst day of my finals. This is a 2 1/2 hour final that will surely test my ability to put a great deal of information on paper. I’m not thrilled about the final, but it’s not for lack of trying to prepare. I’ve been studying and organizing my notes. I had to send the notes to someone who missed a class and wanted to have my notes.
Tuesday nothing is going on, which is good. Wednesday I have a take home final to turn in. Thursday I have a take home final and a paper to turn in. It’s a busy week, but after Thursday I’m finally done and this semester will be behind me. I’ll be happier about it all after I get my grades. I’m sure they are going to be good, but I like to have that in black and white.
College Update
I know I haven’t said a whole lot about what has been going on at the University of Akron, but I thought I’d take a moment to update a few things before I head into finals week.
My observation hours are over. I have to get the teachers signature, write a paper, and type up the log of what I did during the hours I was observing. I’m going to continue to show up to referee the flag football, but that’s coming to a close as well, so my whole commitment to this thing is basically over. A freshmen actually was a bit disappointed that they won’t be seeing me any longer, because I am not taking a class that requires observation hours next semester.
I have a mock teach to do next week and then I am done with the Classroom Management class. It was a pretty great class, and I’m glad I took it.
I have to write a paper, teach a class on strategies for getting students to read in social studies, and finish up an interview with a circulum director for another class. That and a final. It’s going to be a busy two weeks for that class. Really coming down to the wire.
My politics class is coming to a close with a final, and I feel really confident about it. I enjoy classes that are laid out in a certain way, and this professor had that flow. It was easy to take notes, it was easy to figure out exactly what he expected, and so I feel good about this class.
The only final I’m actually concerned about is the Reading in Secondary Schools final, because I have been having a hard time studying for that class. It seems on the midterm I focused on things that ended up being really irrelevant. That class has given me a ton of ideas and I’m glad I took it, but it would be nice to get a good grade as well.
I guess the next time I’ll be posting about what I’m doing with my classes will be after finals.
Referee
I did a much better job this time. The problem was the game wasn’t nearly as good. There really isn’t a mercy rule, what we do is if you go up by 3 scores then you are only allowed 6 players (normally 8 players) and you only get 3 downs on offense (and you have to punt, no option), but that wasn’t enough for the game to turn into something ugly. The teacher who put this all together he warned me. He said “it’s going to be a massacre”. I sort of knew he’d be right. When it got to be 47 to 8 both teams decided it was over. Seemed like a good decision to me.
That’s another hour and a half towards my 50!
Referee
I got to play referee for a flag football game today. I’m getting hours in on my required observation hours by doing it. It was a lot of fun. I got to run around outside and hang out with the kids that I usually only get to see inside a classroom. It’s a whole new experience from what I’ve been doing. Education is fun in ways you never think about.
I did a pretty sloppy job, but the whole coed league just got put together in a few weeks, so next time we will have enough cones, a stop watch, and maybe even some real flags. I’ll probably get better at it as well.