Monday, October 25, 2010

Thoughts on teaching

Let's see!

Well, I have to say that Kati and I did a great job on our own on Thursday. We were off to a rough start when the tractor wouldn't go into reverse and we couldn't get ahold of any staff member to help us with the fire. But we got it under control. We had the fire ready to go so that we could run over and get it started while the kids washed their hands. The tractor got going after Kerry came over and got it movin. It started raining for a minute, but I threw that tractor into 4th gear and gave those kids the ride of their lives!

We had plenty of time to spare, great teachers to work with, as well as interested and engaged students. I was impressed that we could pull it off with just the 2 of us and no coordinator, but we did so with flying colors!

Enchanted Forest was different, but pretty much enjoyable. I did like being able to be creative and getting into my role. It was fun to act and pretend that I was a turtle. I will say though, that by the 2nd night, I was a little sick of it. I think maybe we should have done something different on the second night. I would have liked to see how it was run. We never got a chance to do that because we were dressed up. I would have liked to be a trail guide, or seen how people were put into groups and what not. I understand though that there is shortage of volunteers and staff members like to change it up as well.

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