Awesomeness

After 2 weeks in my school, I've decided that I got so lucky with my cooperating teacher.  She basically told me that for my first lesson I could have free reign and do whatever I want (obviously she gave me the vocab and the timeline of the next week).  Not only that, but she's told me on numerous occasions that she'd love to hear any ideas I have for anything she's doing or that might come up.  She also sends me back to school with new papers, copies of quizes/activities/tests, booklets, catalogues for supplies, mad-libs books, and readers (which was today's little gift, scholastic readers in Spanish that read like regular magazines) that I could use in the future.  She's just so willing to share everything she has with me along with asking me for ideas, which makes it feel more like collaborative relationship as opposed to  teacher/college kid.

I also love my classes.  The students are so unique it's insane.  Their interests are all over the map, and so are their styles, but they all seem to get along.  Sure there are little groups, but no one seems to hate or not be able to tolerate anyone else.  One girl, who I've taken to calling 80's Girl, always has big hair (dyed pink and blue at the ends), intense make up, and really awesome outfits right out of a Brat Pack movie.  She appears like she'd be really intimidating, sort of rough around the edges.  Yet the two she hangs out with before and during class are the nerdy boy who has a backpack the size of his body and a girl who I know participates in a lot of school sports.  And they're not the only cases like that, either.  All three sections have cool, mixed groups like this.

Hopefully the whole school is like this, not just the parts I see!