This week is a super hectic one! For our "Teaching in Multi-Cultural Setting" (EDUC315) class we actually didn't meet on campus, instead, we had a live chat. The class was divided into 3 groups and we each had our chat rooms to log on using moodle.vanguard.edu. We discussed the chapter we just read for the week. It was very insightful to read some of the comments the members in group wrote out. We had 2 people in our group that were already teachers so we had a lot of questions for them on how they develop themselves professionally. Some of the comments were really funny though...just random thoughts going into cyberspace. After the chat, the next day we received an email from our professor saying that it was actually graded! I got pretty nervous for a second because he said that our grades were based on how much we put in to the online conversations and the quality of those entries. I had to check my grade right away...and what a relief!!! I got a 100% on that assignment!!! Praise God! So overall, I really liked that activity because I actually was at my cousin's house during that time and immediately after my chat we had dinner and celebrated my nephew's birthday :) good times.
In addition to all the craziness, I had to prepare for my LCL weekend class (Language, Culture & Linguistics). I usually get really frantic in getting ready because the reading required for the class is overwhelming for me. At some point, the class got an email from our professor and she mentioned the class would continue to meet a week later than scheduled! I'm not gonna lie...but I got excited! That gives me another week to work on stuff for the class. But I just needed to make sure, so I emailed her to confirm. Then, she emailed me back and I realized I was wrong and kind of sad that we're gonna have our class on the regular schedule. (But the great thing was that she pushed back our due date for the paper...yey!) So in this emailing back and forth with my professor, she actually emailed me a compliment! She mentioned how she enjoys reading the essays I write (talk about adding more pressure on myself!). I told her it was just a miracle from God. But then she responds by saying that I have many strengths and I explained to her my situation at home with my little almost-two year old and other family and church responsibilities. I was surprised to have her email me back again (knowing that she's a real busy person and for her to take the time to email me was a pretty big deal). She says that she totally understands my situation because she went through it herself (having children while going to graduate school). I was truly blessed for the many encouraging words she said in that email. I was very teary-eyed about it.
Overall, though this week is super-stressful...I'm just glad to have family and friends and school support to just keep going.
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