Placement Mishaps

What do you get when you mix four eager student teachers, a misinformed principal, a county approval, and a scrambling post-secondary administration?

A disaster better known as a placement mishap.

Instead of what was supposed to be our fist day in observations, three of my colleagues and I spent the morning in a conference room with an apologetic principal and wholly confused placement coordinator. It is interesting that simple miscommunication caused so many people such a huge headache.

Later in the day, we were informed that our placement in the high school had been denied. Oh, brother...

This got me thinking about communication, or rather, the simple miscommunication which is oftentimes the culprit of absolutely dismal results.

Take, for example, some of the greatest literature dramas of all time: Romeo and Juliette, A Tale of Two Cities, and How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days ;). With better communication, death and confrontation could've been prevented.

Alas, I am no Juliette, and I still have my health. So for now, mild frustration and grad school angst will have to suit me.

FREEDOM!!!

This freedom from school isn't as bad as I made it out to be at the beginning of the summer. 6 week Masters courses are a beast.

A beast that I successfully conquered. From my initial calculations, I got all A's (ok some are A-, but who is counting?). Hooray for School!!