Memoirs of a Practice Student: Final reflection

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University of Puerto Rico in Humacao English Department Shirlenne Peralta 842-07-6270 Practice Teaching- Practice Supervisor- Dr. Nilsa Lugo

FINAL REFLECTION: MEMOIRS OF A

PRACTICE STUDENT Practice teaching. Three hundred hours. It seemed so far away at first. And now, the final day has come quickly. In my practice, I didn’t know what to expect at first, actually I never knew what to expect! I have to say I did not imagine Practice Teaching to be the way it was. There were high and lows but I made it to the end. In a short amount of period I lived so many things and had to do so much work. I had to balance my life between practice teaching (this in itself includes a ton of practice projects and work, plus being a teacher), tutoring in Las Piedras, taking a university class (Young Adult Literature), as a choir at the UPRH, as a music teacher and as a vocalization teacher at an Academy. It has been a hectic semester and I’ve barely had time for much, but it has been great. In one of my reflections I said that until that moment I didn’t like practice teaching, and that was because I had bad days, but I also had good days. I love what I do, teaching, and I know I have a lot to learn still. In my growing process there were people who impacted my life. The faculty. There are a few that stand out by their personality and willingness to serve and help others. First of all my cooperating teacher, Gina Hernandez. Luis, Jailene and myself, have been Gina’s first practice students. She has been a role model for us and a really helpful resource of knowledge in our journey. She has taught us how to stand up for our rights and how to be strong as a teacher. I have been blessed with an amazing cooperating teacher that made my practice teaching experience better than I expected. The school’s custodians have also been a tremendous help. Before practice started, we were told to become friends with the custodians because they always know everything. They sure do! Both custodians, Domingo and Daisy have helped us a lot along the way. Daisy would help us with all of the materials, and Domingo would


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