Showing posts with label youtube. Show all posts
Showing posts with label youtube. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

If 'a dream is a wish your heart makes'...

... then I have some pretty bizarre wishes! I never ever remember my dreams, everyone has been sharing their 'teacher' dreams with me and I haven't remembered mine. But, it has happened, I had my first 'teacher' dream last night. It was quite random! Here is the dream:

It was the first day of class and when I walked in the room I realized that the room was 'U' shaped. The desks were all facing the middle of the 'U' (So it wasn't possible to see everyone at once unless you stand behind the desks). In addition to the shape of the room, there were tons of desks and they were all filled with students and parents. There was a guy teaching the class, my class, I had no idea why. Then one of my practicum teachers walked in and took over teaching. I decided to sit in a desk. After a few minutes of teaching she turned to me and said "Shouldn't you be teaching?" so I got up and started to teach but nobody was listening. I tried to get everyone's attention but nobody heard. Then the bell rang, all the children left but all the parents stayed and were looking at me. There was one mom in front who had a piece of paper in front of her and she started consulting it while firing questions at me about how I was going to teach their students and how long I was going to be in school after the bell rings. Was I going to help the kids put on a lu'au? I calmed her worries with answers from my management plan (No idea how that worked and then all the parents left). The guy that was teaching earlier was still in the room. He told me to follow him as it was my turn to teach art.

I started following him down the hallway and realized that my school had its own swimming pool and ice rink! When I commented on it he told me that I would be teaching swimming and ice skating in the future but for now to just focus on art but not to worry because I had volunteers to help me with the art teaching. When we got to the art room I saw my volunteers. One volunteer was a boy from my freshman ward and the other was the brother of a friend from Vegas. They told me that the kids had already had their lesson and it was time to go to lunch so we left for the lunchroom.

While walking in the hall to lunch I saw all of my ELED friends talking about their internships but I knew nothing about mine so I hurried along to the microwave so that I could cook my lunch. I opened up my bag of popcorn (What else would I have?) and put it in the microwave for three minutes then I went to sit down. Jonathan (from catering) was sitting by the microwave and said, "Corrine, I think your popcorn is done" I walked back over and saw that the bag was not done (it was still popping) but it was huge! It was almost taking up the whole microwave. I told him not to worry because the popcorn was still popping but that I would stay there to make sure nothing went wrong. Then from the table next to me Chef Mindy (Also catering) told me that I didn't know how to make popcorn and there was something wrong with it. I was so upset, I know how to make popcorn! But then I noticed that the popcorn looked weird almost as if there was some aluminum foil around the bag, which I know can't go in the microwave so I decided I was done cooking my popcorn. I opened the microwave door a crack to get out my popcorn but just at that moment the bag exploded and all the popcorn was set free. I closed the door quickly, trapping all of the popcorn inside of the microwave. By now the popcorn filled every space of the microwave and I decided that the only way to clean it up was to open the microwave while holding a trash can up. I got the trash can into place  pulled open the microwave door and woke up!


Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Summertime Catch-up

It  has been a while and a lot has happened, let me share. (By the way, these are in no real order I just decided I wanted to number them...)

First, I have been busy planning for my class next year. I decided to use a theme that involves music because I am such a fan of music... Right now I am leaning toward a rockstar theme but I don't want it to be too cliche (That's the biggest problem, everything has been done) so I will maybe twist it a little. I have been having so much fun planning out my classroom, I can't wait to see my class!!! Recently I was told that I will have 27 students. I am awed by the opportunity I have to teach these students and for the chance I have to be a part of their lives! I have also started my classroom library. Scholastic books has a warehouse sale twice a year. I was able to go and get a ton of books for my class. I also got some books from teachers as the school I will be teaching at! I am super excited!!!

Second, the pools opened on Monday, I went to Seven Peaks (Yay for the Pass of All Passes) and played in the water for a little while. I ended up getting a little bit of a sunburn, as funny as it seems I was really excited about it because it means Summer is finally here!

Third, the Provo Rec Center opened up. I bought an annual pass and I have enjoyed going to different classes and relaxing in their pool. I actually saw one of my fifth graders there when I went one time, funny story.

Fourth, I was able to go to see my fifth grade class one more time (They got out last week) to watch their program. It was great. After the program they asked me to stay for the end of the day. I ended up going out to recess with them and they wanted to play big booty. We ended up with such a big group that we had two games going, craziness!!!

Fifth, I have had the chance to do a lot of reading... I love to read and Summer is the best time to do it! One day when I was at the Provo Library I met the nicest librarian, she took me around just suggesting and talking about different books that I might enjoy. It was the greatest thing!

Because I love to share YouTubes I will share a new one that I found the other day. I love the song "Over You" by Miranda Lambert, it is not what you think. I discovered this cover the other day and it gave me chills I have always been a fan of Cassadee Pope (I liked Hey Monday) but I love the emotion she puts into this song.


Sunday, May 12, 2013

Happy Mother's Day

Today was great! I was able to go to my mom's ward and sing with her and other family. After that we stopped by Grandma Fiso's grave and left some flowers. We then went up to Morgan to spend some time with Grandma Dickson and my mom's family. It was great. I love my mom and I am so thankful for the example she is to me...

Sunday, April 28, 2013

Springtime is here!!!

This week has been crazy!!!! Thursday was the semi-finals for the Volleyball tournament. Because BYU was ranked #1 the games were played at BYU. The first game was between Long Beach and U.C. Irvine, it was a good game but because the winner didn't matter as much to me I wasn't so invested in the game. The next game was BYU playing against UCLA. This was one of the best volleyball games I have been to this season! BYU lost the first 2 sets and everyone was disappointed. Then on the third set BYU started playing better and won the set! The fourth set was close but BYU ended up winning that one too. We then started the fifth set and it was intense! Both teams played well but in the the end BYU pulled ahead and won the set 15-10. The cheers in the Fieldhouse were deafening! It was so exciting to win the game and move on to the Finals! Saturday night I went to watch the finals and it was great but the game was not as exciting as Thursdays game. BYU won the match with a sweep and won the title! I am so glad that the volleyball team did well this year! I love the games and they are something I look forward to every year!

I also worked a lot this week... There were a lot of events going on due to graduation. I love working the graduation events but this year was interesting. Technically I would have graduated this year (I have been at college four years already!) but because of changes within my major I don't graduate until next year. Although I don't graduate for a year I have many friends who graduated this past week and it was crazy to me to see everyone decked out in their cap and gown with their family everywhere! I am so excited for graduation and seeing everyone else graduating has made me even more anxious... I can't believe I have to wait another year because of my internship!

In other news... My internship, I had a meeting the other day and we talked about themes and decorations for a classroom. I am struggling with ideas for my classroom theme. I don't want to do anything too cookie-cutter but I have not had any extremely creative ideas at the moment... Oh well, I have about 3 months to plan for it!!! I get to go to my school and meet my facilitator in a couple of weeks and I cannot wait! I have so many questions and I can't wait to get started actually planning my year! :)

By the way... I have created a new group blog (see it here.)! I'm super excited for it... The idea is for everyone to post little things that make their life better. A gratitude journal of sorts. I think that it can be a good thing to have when I need something to cheer me up!

Well I think that's about it for now but I do have one last thing to share... There is a new Mormon Message that talks about love and loving as Christ loves I hope that we can all come to accept those who are different from us and that we can realize that "different is good!" I truly believe that if we put forth the effort and learn to accept people for who they are we will see them as Christ sees them and recognize who they can become!

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Icy Conditions

For those of you not in Provo this lovely day you are missing out... The Icy rain has caused conditions that can lead to a lot of fun. If you are not afraid of slipping, or crashing into others. On second thought maybe these Icy Conditions are more dangerous and everyone should take care.

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

What a day...

Let's just morn the fact that I lost over 200 dollars today in fees for class and my internship application:
$30 for Science
$30 for a temporary teaching license
$150 (yes really) for the PRAXIS (Let's hope I don't fail any of the subjects...)

Now that we are done with that I can say that I am halfway done with the internship application and I will finish the rest tomorrow. After a full day of spending money, attending classes, and work I was exhausted but I decided to take a break and go to institute. It was a great choice, the spirit and friends were just what I needed tonight. One of the instructors is the director of studio C and decided to show the following clip which was thoroughly enjoyed...


Side story: I didn't know where to sit at institute but ended up sitting next to a guy who I was talking to before institute started and then some good friends came in to sit by me as well. As these friends sat down (right after the musical number was announced) we started talking, basic hello's and all. The piano started playing and the boy next to me turns to me and says (in a serious tone) "When the music starts the performance starts". I guess he wanted us to stop talking but didn't want to ask... It made me laugh a little. 

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

So funny!

For those of you who ever had an encounter with Dora the Explorer... This is wonderful!

Monday, March 12, 2012

Dancesport 2012

I did not compete in Dancesport this semester but I did go Saturday evening to watch and it was AMAZING!!!! I think my favorite event to watch is the cabaret and the final couples this year were all amazing. Here is the dance of the couple that won...

Friday, March 9, 2012

Issues of interest

This week, in the class I TA for (Multicultural Education) we talked about gender roles and the expectations that come when you are a certain gender. We watched this Youtube that I thought was hilarious! Truly, I love this lady's sarcasm!


We also had a really good discussion concerning gender roles and one girl brought up a conversation she had recently had with some guy in her ward. When he heard she was an Elementary Education student he said, "It's too bad teachers don't get paid more" which is exactly what we like to hear but then he finished his statement with, "because then more guys would do it." Ummmm really? What is that even supposed to mean?