Today was the last day of regular classes at BW, and it’s a breath of relief for a lot of people, I’m sure. I only had my Literature of Rock and Roll today, and I admit that it’s in a way sad to have such a cool class come and go like that. I wish all classes were as interesting as that, but not to say I’m bored by other ones. I liked my communication class a lot, and that’s increasingly become a field I’m interested in. Oh, also, today was the last day of my student teaching, something I’ve failed to mention until now. I was placed in a middle school over in Elyria a half hour away, and that was a nice experience. I had 8th grade language arts, and the kids and teachers were all goo to me there. The best part of the whole experience there was the teaching of George Orwell’s Animal Farm I did. I mean, I like Animal Farm and all, but just the fact that I taught a book was really great to me. That’s essentially what I’ll be doing as a teacher someday, so it was really nice to get my feet wet with the teaching of literature. I led a class discussion, going over the events and interpretations of the novel, just like back in high school and even some college classes. I thought it went well, even if I was a little pressed for time that day… but managing time is something I’ll continue to improve at as a teacher, so again it’s good to get this practice. So overall I’ve had a good experience there, and overall a pretty good semester. I think that academically this should end up as one of my better semesters, so there’s always that. And my finals aren’t looking too difficult… so I’d say a studious-yet-not-over-stressful (aka 1 hour of sleep a night) weekends is in store as I prepare for the last of my junior year.