Final Reflection

So, if I can be honest, before this semester, I'd been feeling pretty lackluster about my college and career path. I was excited at the prospect of teaching, but I've just taken so many darn writing classes that the absence of education classes was really getting to me. This semester, from the field experience to the unique experience in this class of getting to sort of put myself in the mindset of my future students, has sparked an excitement in me that I thought I'd lost. True statement. One of the most beneficial tactics Dr. Pytash used this semester were the read and teases. It made me aware of so many young adult novels that we just wouldn't have had the time to really read and explicate this semester. Also, I feel like I'm verging on a new era of my life. It might seem silly to think this (but, no. That can't be.) I'm just so pumped that there are people at Kent State who are in the education program and are such great people. The professors and the students. I was really at the point of reconsidering this profession, but now it feels right. There's no better way for me to say that. Sorry about the sappiness of all of that. I'm posting a "final reflection", and that's the most influential facet of my reflection. Being an educator is what I'm called to do. Its focus is really solely helping people. And, fortunately, there are resources available (books like this text from Beers, professors  like Dr. Pytash and Dr. Gershon, etc.) that will make that seemingly impossible task--helping people learn--more feasible. Thanks everyone!