So it\u2019s official! The day I\u2019ve been waiting for since July has finally arrived! I got my practicum placement yesterday at 11.30am and I\u2019ve been on cloud nine ever since! Yours truly will be teaching grade three in Nobleford. I\u2019ve never been to Nobleford, but I Googled my future school and it turns out there are 600 people there and the school is K \u2013 12. I can\u2019t wait! My section of PSI spent at the U will come to an end on November 10, and then I have a long weekend \u2013 to go home and see my family! \u2013 and then I start Monday, November 15, teaching the third grade!!<\/p>\n
Other cool things that have been going on in Ed include the Literature Fair. This was a whole Friday of PSI students hanging out, listening to William Bell, our keynote speaker, then going to smaller breakout sessions to learn about how awesome reading is and how we can incorporate it cross-curriculum. I went to \u201cSurviving Middle School Through Literature,\u201d \u201cBooks in Mathematics Education\u201d and \u201cGraphic Novels.\u201d They were all amazing and interesting, but the middle school one awoke a burning desire to read anything and everything. For the past four years, I\u2019ve put off any and all pleasure reading (except in the summertime). So I have been reading ridiculous amounts lately and I love it!<\/p>\n
The other thing going on in my life is that I\u2019ve decided to push up my graduation date. Instead of taking this summer off to work and taking a full year next year, I have decided to take a full course load in the summer and then opt to do my PSIII in the fall, hopefully in my hometown. This would be ideal, because then if I perform well, I could potentially have a job for January! There\u2019s only one thing holding me back. As a General Social Science major, I need a \u201cquantitatively-based methodology course\u201d to graduate. This is a very specific requirement, and only 5 courses will fulfill it. I opted to take Psychology 2030: Methods and Statistics, because I have the pre-requisites and it will also count as my last Science GLER. This course was offered last summer, so I figured I was golden. WRONG. I talked to the Psych department and got them to print me off their summer 2010 course offering, and 2030 is not on it.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll visit academic advising tomorrow morning, but I have a back-up plan in mind, juuuuust in case. My roommate showed me TransferAlberta, which is an Alberta Government website that shows you whether or not certain courses will transfer. If you\u2019re transferring from ULeth or to ULeth or, like me, need a specific course but ULeth doesn\u2019t offer it when I need it, you can search for directly transferable courses from that site. (http:\/\/alis.alberta.ca\/ps\/ep\/aas\/ta\/transferalberta.html). So I\u2019ve discovered that Athabasca University (distance learning) won\u2019t transfer directly, but Concordia, Keyano, Red Deer College, MRU and St. Mary\u2019s all offer courses that U of L will accept in lieu of Psych 2030. \u201cSubstantially similar\u201d is what they call them. So I\u2019ll talk to advising \u2013 located on floor 0 of the Student\u2019s Union Building, if you weren\u2019t already informed \u2013 and see what they suggest.<\/p>\n
Otherwise, working some night shifts this week, which I don\u2019t ever recommend, and the Rotaract Book for Babies Bowl-a-thon this weekend\u2026 where I will be dressed as a superhero to raise money for charity! Can\u2019t wait!<\/p>\n
– Bri<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So it\u2019s official! The day I\u2019ve been waiting for since July has finally arrived! I got my practicum placement yesterday at 11.30am and I\u2019ve been on cloud nine ever since! Yours truly will be teaching grade three in Nobleford. I\u2019ve … Continue reading