University of Northern Iowa - Old Gold Yearbook (Cedar Falls, IA)

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The climax of all our years of work and study was that fearsome nine weeks of student teaching. We had the feeling that this was what we were really here for . . . that this was to be the culminating touch to our years at TC. The first day was iust a bit frightening. The super- visor was so assured and so very, very expert. We wondered if we'd ever be that good . . . even after years of teaching. It made us nervous but deter- mined. Q '1 .., .QQ

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wrinkling our brows and forcing our minds ro rhe task ar hand . . . contrasted with the vigor of a smashing tennis serve

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We ofien wondered what They were Thinking. Somehow it seemed so strange to be a teacher . . . even a svudenr Teacher. The firsT day Tl'1aTWe acfually did someThing wiTh The children was excifing. We came ouT of The school feeling wide awake and filled wiTh responsibilify. We were no novelty for The children . . . They had seen a score of sTu- denT Teachers come and go. We did wonder whaf They Thoughf of Us somefimes. Did They Think we were Too harsh? Were we Too easy? lT was all so new and differenf ThaT we had no pasT ex- perience To Turn To. We Tried To figure Things ouT for ourselves and To remember all ThaT we'd heard in our classes buT some- how iT seemed so sTrange To be a Teacher-even a sTudenT Teach- er. The firsT few days were long and hard . . . buT wonderful.