Take a moment to think back over your WLE day this week…what was it like? What happened? What did you take away from the experience?
If you get stuck, consider some of the following questions:
· What value or purpose did what I did today serve (for me personally, for school, for my site)?
· What did I learn about others? What did I learn about my self? What did I observe (self, world, others)?
· Is what I am doing valuable? How do I know? Is it meaningful work?
· What questions do I have?
· How has my experience at WLE changed my perception of what is possible out a ‘school’ experience?
3 comments:
On Wednesday my WLE was very exciting and kind of stressful for the first time. It was a little hard to feel like I was getting my work done becuase there were so many people coming in and out of Art for Recovery that day. I was excited to have a lot to do, but I was also a little overwhelmed. My mentor had warned me that the day would be like this, but no to that extent. So at 11am and hour after I got there the day started out with a support group for Medcial students that are doing art at the bedside with patiens. Which went on into lunch. (I had a tuna sandwhich it was wonderful) After that we had a discussion with the interns that volunteer for cidy also to go to the bedside.(No snacks for them... hehehe) Then as the day started to wrap up and the discussion got a little more involve I found it fun to be there and exciting to get to be apart of the whole proces. I liked that Cindy always likes me to sit in and to let me experince the same things that the interns are experiencing. It was an ovrall good day. Oh and I finished up my window display and am excited to go back and stay apart of art for recovery. I want to do the smae things that the interns are doing now. Its amking me want to be more and more involved. Its been a fun experience and I am excited to see what blooms out of it
On Wednesday I went to my WLE, prepared to direct a project for the preschool kids. The day started out relaxed, and I had John help me film some footage of the daily agenda of the preschool. Then it came to story time (circle time) when John had to read them a story. I helped him pick out a book from the children's shelves and I was filming him as he read the story to the kids. The kids were surprisingly quiet. It was interesting to notice that they were probably more quiet that day than they were the other days we were there when the teachers read to them. I guess it's the type of respect they give us. It makes me feel happy. Then the kids went outside to play, I stayed outside with them for a bit and then I had to go inside to prepare the materials for the project I planned. I spent a good full hour cutting and pasting construction paper and writing paper together. I was making paper/book fish and dolls. It relates to the theme of the week which was Children's Day (celebrated in Japan and other places). When the kids started coming back inside, they were really curious about what I was doing. When I began to announce the project, they were really quiet and gave me their full attention. I realized a bit more how rewarding it is to be a teacher, even a preschool teacher. I think maybe being a preschool teacher is the most rewarding thing because it is the time when the kids begin to grow and learn the basic things about life. After project it was lunch and then I started to supervise nap time. The kids weren't sleeping much so I had to keep them company in a way that won't disturb the ones that were sleeping. It was a long day but it was fun and I learned a lot of new things about certain kids.
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