Successes
I am eternally grateful for my student internship. I have been able to experience the highs and lows in the classroom while also having some sort of impact on each of my students. As I’m nearing the end, my students tell me every day how they don’t want me to leave. It’s bittersweet as I’m excited to have my own classroom next year, but I will miss seeing them every day. I’ve even had a few success stories along the way and the “lightbulb moment” is what I live for in the classroom. I feel at my best when I am able to provide analogies for a difficult topic and having my students say, “wow, I get it now!” My action research project has paved the way for me as it focused on analogy-based teaching and I have seen the positive impact it has made on my students. I have worked with many students one-on-one during my lunch or after school throughout this past year, but two students in particular stand out because of where they started and where the