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Week 6 (5/1 - 5/5)

 Even though I still have about half a week left in my placement I am just coming to terms with how finite my student teaching is. Perhaps this is because my graduation is this Saturday. Overall though I am pleased about how the class went. There were moments where it seemed to be controlled chaos however our students were on task all week. While our students were doing independent study in CSP in preparation for their AP exam this upcoming Monday our AP JAVA class had the AP exam on Wednesday and have been working on the chatGPT project. There were some growing pains as it was to keep students on task however students seem to be in the groove of understanding that each day we had a task that was already assigned to them in the modules and something that was expected of them. 

I did expect a higher quality of work for some things however students were open and willing to redoing/answering parts of their work. However, the students work was something that truly displayed a higher order of thinking as they continued to work with ChatGPT even after completing their required work. Even students outside of the class and administrators seemed intrigued and interested in what we were doing in the classroom. Students still have to complete the presentation culminating on a final presentation next Wednesday. 

I think my students were engaged but were highly suffering from test fatigue as we entered AP exams. It was very likely to be missing around 10 kids a class on some days or missing some classes even completely. Next Monday we will have a lot of students missing which makes me contemplate how exactly work gets done during the testing period and whether or not a more equitable and efficient method of education should be implement to ensure that testing can occur or that it doesn't allow students to be put to fault when it comes to testing and instruction. 

I think my teaching was rather consistent. It being a full week of projects is something that is odd however means that I am diverting my energy to classroom management as well as grading the project as a whole. I find that when I implement PBL that I as a teacher am less stressed and not as worried about the overall education as my students seem to be engaged. I wouldn't say that I am and immediately ready to be an educator alone, however I am ready to be a part of a larger team that are there to support our students.. I am ready to give it my all and be in the classroom. This career is not for the faint of heart or weakest of wills but we persist and grow and continue to learn. 

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