Withdrawls from teaching...

Today is exactly one week from my first painful episode to the ER. I had gone to school to student teach earlier that day but was sent home by my master teacher. I was also able to skip out on the CPR training that I was suppose to attend later in the day after school. I am grateful I was home instead of school when my shooting pain started because that would have been embarrassing and terrifying for the teachers and students that would see me going ballistic crying and screaming for dear life. I have never done that in my life due to physical or mentally.

Today is also the 6th day of student teaching I missed. Most of the time when I'm home I'm lying on my right side of my body and watching videos to distract myself from the pain. Or I would be sleeping because the meds I take to control the pain have side effects of dizziness and nausea. Right now I am feeling alright, taking less meds than before. I even finished a novel for a class that's due way later in the semester (The Circuit by Francisco Jimenez).

I wanted to post some photos earlier but didn't have the opportunity since I was so out of it and none of the photos were uploaded yet. I have photos from my last semester and current semester of teaching.

Last Semester

 Some of the math measuring units kids had to learn last semester (I had a hard time memorizing them myself!)

White Alligator from Academy of Science field trip I chaperoned

A literacy game I made with my partner (she did most of the work really)

Vocab words kids used for their journal after the field trip

Awesome play my classmates made for "The Giving Tree"

Another play my classmates did for another storybook

One of the students drew me and other teachers in their yearbook (^_^)

This Semester

View of new classroom I am working in before school year started

Another view of classroom with teacher's work table

Another view with kids cubbies

Another view where kids come in from door on left

Kids cubbies during first week of school (I have one too from photo above with flag)

Homework I have for student teaching-this will be made into a book with students drawings :)