Week 11

This week was a mixed week. One day I was at my regular mentor site and the last day I was at Jen's mentor class due to a messy schedule. She is in a freshmen class and it is completely different from my fourth grade. It was tough because I wasn't familiar with their grading so grading IAN's was kind of tough. Another problem was that they were so close to my age that I did not feel as confident. I observed how freshmen are not as willing to work unlike my fourth grade class. I wonder when that transition of "slacking off" begins to arise in students. My best guess would be transitioning in the middle school grade levels. In my regular mentor class I graded spelling papers which went better than the first time because the grading key was all correct. I realized that spelling is a subject in which you are really good at or really bad at. Unfortunately, it is one of those things that needs to be practiced and repeated to learn. My best experience was being able to compare Jen's class to my own. It's very interesting to compare different grade levels and their development. My worst experience was feeling out of place in Jen's class. However, that's okay because I was new.