Well you made it! TCs – we’re glad you were able to take your practicums at SLSS and McNair; SAs and FAs, thank you for your continued support throughout the last ten weeks. And finally, a big thank you to all of you for your participation in our research project: we truly appreciate the consistent cooperation that we have received from everyone involved in our cybercommunity!!
Hopefully you found this practicum experience to be a valuable one. For TCs, I think you have gone through a unique format that in time you will learn to value even more; for SAs and FAs this has no doubt been a bit different than previous ventures with the practicum, but I hope you have found it to be a positive experience.
For this final week, we simply are asking for any final reflections on the past 10 weeks. If there is anything you wish to comment on – good or bad – please feel free to do so!
Man oh man time flies when your working your butt off!…and having fun of course.
I’d just like to especially thank my FA and SA’s for all their help and the opportunity to do this practicum. I have learned more in these past 10 weeks than I could ever learn out of a book. I’m also extremely happy to look back and know that I truly enjoy this job, and could see myself being happy doing for a long time to come.
Thanks to everyone for the help and advice. Congrats to all of you TC’s, and I will see you back at UBC in May!
This practicum was one of the more difficult tasks that I’ve had to date in my life. I never pushed or have been pushed to succeed this much my whole life and that in it of itself was the best part. My SA’s were brilliant in the amount that they cared and genuinely wanted me to succeed based on my merit and hard work I was willing to put it. My FA was a constant source of helpful ideas and insights. All of the staff of Steveston-London were helpful, funny, approachable and just a great bunch of individuals with their own quirks and insight. I have never had to use my brain so much my whole life and that includes every Math course I’ve ever taken 🙂 You really have to think hard about why your doing what your doing and how this relates to your goals and the goals you have for students (Thank you Ryan). But its also about trial and error and understanding that maybe something didn’t work out quite the way you wanted it but you just need to tweak it and try a different angle and try again (Thank you Peter). Overall I believe that this has been the most rewarding experience of my life and it has left me thirsty for more. Its like the first time you take a sip of Coke and your like I need me some more and this time a larger serving please. Im looking forward to what my teaching future holds and Im grateful for everyone for providing me with the strong foundation upon which I can build my mansion of goals and dreams in teaching.