TAHARRA
Elementary Education Undergraduate |
TAHARRA
Elementary Education Undergraduate |
Hi, my name is Taharra Battle and I am a procrastinator!!! I have less than 72 hours before I leave for Germany. In that amount of time I have left I have to pack, get my hair done, get my feet and nails done and more packing. Before I started traveling, I never thought packing was much of a big deal and that it was so easy. Boy was I wrong!!! Packing takes so much time and practice to finesse. First and foremost, you have to make sure you have everything, which includes clothing, shoes, toiletries and other necessities that you’ll need. Secondly, you have to make sure everything will fit in your suitcase. There is so much rearranging that you will have to do. Thirdly and most importantly, you have to make sure your luggage is not over 50 pounds. Every time I prepare to go on a trip I tell myself that I’ll start packing early to make it easier on myself. As usual, I never follow through. Being the procrastinator that I am I wait to the last minute to pack, which is a big pain in the you know what. I don’t know which is worse, making sure I have all of the clothes I need or all the toiletries that I have need. They’re both equally important along with other things. However, I have to admit that one of the things that I love doing when it comes to traveling is preparing for it. As tedious as packing is it gives me something to look forward to and makes me very excited about the journey that I will be going on.
All this week, a plethora of emotions have been running through me such as excitement, nervousness, happiness and being scared. Sometimes before I leave on a trip whether it’s domestic or international I have pre-travel jitters, which puts me on edge. I’m a worrier and I worry myself over the smallest things. I’m working on trying to not sweat the small things and just live in the present. Even though I’m nervous and scared, I’m very excited. I cannot believe that I am actually going to Germany. Sometimes I want to pinch myself to make sure I’m not dreaming. I’ve blessed to be given this opportunity to partake in a different culture while learning and observing an education system in a different country. As a teacher candidate, I enjoy exploring different methods when it comes to teaching. It keeps me grounded and open minded in wanting to educate students of all different types of backgrounds and finding a method that works best for them. I believe that I will be to bring back what I have learned in Germany and somehow incorporate that into my instructional strategies when it I have my own classroom. As I’m writing this, it is really dawning on me that I will I be in Germany this time next week meeting my host family. Wow this is really happening!
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AuthorHi, my name is Taharra Battle. I am an Early Childhood Education Major with a concentration in English. at Buffalo State College. I'm grateful that i have this opportunity to travel to Stuttgart, Germany with 7 other students and and 2 faculty members. I am very excited yet nervous about this journey. My goal is to immerse myself in the German culture and language while learning different teaching styles that I can someday incorporate into my own classroom. I'm hoping my experiences in Germany will make me a culturally aware educator. I look forward to writing about my experiences. ArchivesCategories |