Day 20:

Today was my last day in Al Ezzah School, and I was prepared to say goodbye to my monitor school teacher, staff, and my students. However, when I woke up at 5:30 am, I had a severe pain in my stomach I threw up and I saw some blood, and it was obvious that I would not be able to make it to the school. As a result, I informed my monitor school teacher and my monitor college teacher about my situation, and I turned my sick-leave documents.

On the last day in all my previous teaching experiences, I preferred to evaluate the whole experience and focused on my strengths and weaknesses. My first aim in any teaching practice is always to enjoy the journey, and in many times, I reached this aim while sometimes I did not. In the current teaching practice, I tried to enjoy my seven weeks in school, but unfortunately, I failed. When I reflect on my feelings, I cannot find an accurate answer. Although I know teaching is what I want to do as my future career, I was not passionate about this practicum as I did in the previous semester.

Besides my feelings, the most important experience I gained was teaching science and expanding my knowledge in this subject. Moreover, another essential accomplishment was practicing with grade four, because in my previous teaching experiences I was with grads 1 to 3. Even I was placed with grade two at the beginning; I was able to convince another student teacher to switch with me which was the best thing I did. Another significant progress I am satisfied with was implementing new teaching strategies and classroom management strategies. On the other hand, the only weakness I am still working on is my English skills which in my opinion, is an ongoing process that requires me to be patient in gaining the results I want.