Hello again! October has come and gone so fast, I have no idea where it went. It's been... a bit of a stressful month for a lot of reasons, and I spent about a week of it in Texas, so I've been playing catch-up for a bit. Here's my personal art from this week! Trying to get better at design and composition, so I made a lot of very stylized things and it's been a lot of fun experimenting! Not as many detailed, finished pieces this month, but I'm still happy with what I've been able to create. The internship has been going... pretty well. I think we're starting to get into the swing of things! It's been kind of hard sticking to the ever changing curriculum and making sure that all the kids are getting the same amount of engagement out of their art class, and we had a few communication issues, but overall the kids are a blast as always and I'm learning how to be comfortable talking to and teaching just about any class. I've even been able to meet a whole new group of students in the 4th grade! I do my internship alongside another student, which is always a lot of fun and keeps me sane throughout the chaos. Together we've been organizing the art, helping each other keep track of what needs done, and helped supply the kids with their paints and other tools. I'm trying to show initiative by paying close attention to the students and making sure that they can get the supplies and the extra help they might need, as well as remember what they like so I can help keep them interested and feel listened to! I've been getting ambushed with hugs and high fives and it totally makes my day. I also participated in Inktober, an online drawing challenge, for about a week. There were prompts that they posted for anyone to draw using only ink. Here's what I came up with! The highlight of my month (besides, you know, staying in Texas) was probably working with the fourth graders, which I've never really had a chance to do. It was a lot of fun meeting a whole new class and seeing how creative and excited they were about their projects! My friend and I also were given cute little drawings from one of the third graders. So. Precious.
I've learned to be open to criticism as I'm still learning how best to organize a classroom setting and lead those younger than me, and I'm learning about things that kids don't respond well to from the teacher (like frustration, lectures, and disorganization), and ways to keep the kids on track (working with their interests, talking to them on their level, and creative freedom). I'm trying to get better at voicing my ideas as I'm not very good at confrontation but I'm learning more about the kids and how we can best help them, so here's to planning and improving that, too! Challenges this month have been just trying to stay sane as our internship details got a little bit confused, college applications come up, and life keeps happening in a lot of ways personally. I'm happy the month is ending and I hope I can stay afloat as we keep moving forward! I'll have to keep on keeping on no matter what. Here's to a good November! Thanks for sticking with me.
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