Student Teaching

I just finished my student teaching at Highland High School in Pocatello. It was really great experience. It was very hard and very rewarding. Let me show you some of the things I worked on.

I taught two periods of speech under Ann Adams. She taught me so much and I love her to death!  This is my first hour class. They were awesome students.

Teresa Bosen was my cooperating teacher for drama. She is a wonderful lady and she really helped me prepare to be a teacher on my own. I taught one period of Drama 1 A. . That was a huge class of very energetic students. We did lots of fun things through out the trimester.

I taught one period of Advance Drama. That class was completely devoted to getting ready for district and state drama. They are a great group of students. Very talented.

I also helped direct the school musical after school. We did Willy Wonka. It turned out great. It was an amazing experience. Below are some pictures from the play:

Me and Wonka

Me and Augustus Gloop

Charlie Bucket and Me

 

Veruca’s Squirrels

The chocolate waterfall and river

I love my little oompa loopma’s!

Violet, you’re turning, Violet!

The Gloop family.

Veruca Salt and Shelbie

The Wonka-vator

All the Oompa Loompa’s wore these outfits that made them look really short. They walked and danced on their knees the whole show. They did most of their dance numbers with a black light. It looked really neat.

This is me and two of my most helpful and advanced students. On the left is Cave and he was my student aid during drama 1 and a very talented actor. On the right is Michael and he was the student director for Willy Wonka. He was a great director and I could always count on him. Thanks guys.

Anyway, now that I am finished with student teaching, I am going to substitute teach. In the meantime, I will look for a job teaching for next year. I had a great experience and I am so glad to finally be finished with my undergrad work.

Halloween

Here are some pics from the Andreasen Halloween party this year. The theme was “something from your childhood”.

I was a fairy this year. I used to love fairies when I was little. I thought they were real for a long time (I’m not going to tell you how old I was when I decided they probably aren’t real.) Little Ava was fascinated that we both had wings. After looking all over town for fairy wings only to find that all stores were sold out, I made my own with that really thick sticky plastic wrap, hangers, and glitter glue. Not the best, but it works.

Benj was a nerd for Halloween. Although I don’t think he was nerd when he was a child :)

My mother was Mrs. Brady. She was liking the idea of having Alice to do all the dirty work.

My dad was Race Bannon from Johnny Quest.

My little brother Joseph was Paul Bunyon. When Joseph was little he would watch the short Disney film about Paul Bunyon multiple time a day. He had a small wooden axe that my dad made him and some little cardboard trees that he would set up and knock over with the axe. Seeing Joe dressed up as Paul brought back good memories.

Emily was one of the Native Americans from her favorite childhood show “Spirit: Stallion of the Cimmaron”. Isn’t she a cutie!

I don’t have pictures of everyone’s outfits, but here’s a few more fun costumes from the party:

My Aunt Shawna was one of those Style Barbie Heads. She actually wore that cardboard styling table around her whole body.

Uncle Damon was Inspector Gadget.

My cousin Mason was Strong Bad from homestarrunner.

Grandpa Gary was the old cowboy Tex Ritter.

 

Damon and Shawna organized some fun silly games.

Eat the doughnut from the string. This was for all the little grandkids.

At one point Corbin yelled out “My Doughnut Hates Me!”

My cousin Luke after the doughnut eating competition.

In this game Benj and I had one minute to stack as many chocolate  doughnuts as possible on our foreheads. I won with 5 doughnuts.

In this game my mom and my aunt Nikki had to knock over a plastic cup with the ball inside the panty hose on their heads.

There were a bunch of other fun games. They were hilarious to play and watch. For a movie of the party, check out my uncle’s Youtube channel, Olinselot.

Changes

We have had a lot of changes in the last two months. In September we moved to Pocatello. Benjamin is in the last semester of his undergrad online and he will graduate in December. I am student teaching at Highland High School and I will also finish in December. I am teaching 9-12 grade in speech and drama. I am also helping direct the school musical, Willy Wonka (which opens November 10th and runs through the 15th It is going to be awesome!) . Student teaching has been really hard and really exhausting, but it is all going so well. I have great cooperating teachers and great kids (for the most part). Benjamin also got a job at an assisted living center. It is really close to our apartment, which is very nice because he can bike there. Oh, and Benjamin has been accepted to three medical schools! Ohio State (Columbus), Case Western (Cleveland), and Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee).
Come with me on a tour of my apartment!
These are the steps down to our front door.

Lets go through the back door (so you can see the covered cement patio! It is quite long, but you can only see a little square of it in this picture).


Thanks mom and dad for the couch!

It has a nice open feel to it!

The view out the back window. The church is right down the hill. We run down the hill every Sunday for church. I guess we will have to sled down to church once it snows. The hill is pretty steep!




The kitchen! It has lots of counter space, lots of storage space, and a dishwasher!!!! Hooray! Finally a dish washer! I have been cooking every chance I get. I love cooking in the fall. Especially with pumpkin and plums and all that goodness. Check out my cooking blog to see what I have created recently in my new kitchen.

We bought a water filter for our sink. Pocatello water tastes horrible! This purifier really helps.

We also bought a new vacuum. It’s pretty nice for only being $40!

This is the view to the side of our apartment.

Anyway, that’s our apartment and our life! Cheers!