Thoughts on spring break
I was asked about my thoughts on having a 2-week long spring break. From a student teacher’s point of view, having spring break was very necessary. As it was a break to look forward to, it motivated me to keep pressing on even when I felt very exhausted. The two weeks of break was an excellent opportunity for me to re-evaluate and to re-assess how I had been doing so far and to make the necessary changes in order to improve. The usual 2-day weekend is simply not enough time to re-evaluate without feeling pressed for time. Thus this 2-week break was also necessary to allow myself to relax and to re-energize. In my lessons after spring break, I felt a lot more prepared and my students seemed to be much more engaged. Personally, I felt significantly less tired everyday afterschool as compared to before spring break.