I would say that student teaching has definitely confirmed that fact that I want to be a teacher. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It really made clear to me what kind of teacher I would like to be, as well.  I now know for sure that the most important part of being a teacher, of me, is my relationships with my students. Which, I always knew was important, but I didn’t truly understand HOW important the relationship really are. A bonus to this is that when you have good relationships with students, it makes coming to work so much easier. A nice little fun fact that I also learned, I have an awesome teaching voice. Shocking to me, and many others.

Student teaching differed from my expectations in many ways. One, being that I did not really take into fact the impact my cooperating teachers would have on the experience. It is a pretty large impact. But, it was through my cooperating teachers I learned a lot about classroom management and discipline. Also, I know they warn you about the fatigue and all, but man, I was not ready for that. At the end of many days I would feel like a zombie. And between schoolwork, writing lesson plans, and applying for jobs, there were many days were I felt like there was no time to just relax. 

At the end of the day, I am so happy with my student teaching experience. It had its ups and downs, but I learned so much about my own teaching style. It is so different using the techniques we have been discussing for semesters than actually using them in the classroom. Sitting in education class, you always have this image of what teacher you will be, but it is nice to know what type of teacher I actually am. I am very happy with my experience, and sad it will be over. I will miss my students :(