Student Teacher Blogs
•“Great things never came from comfort zones.” As time flies by here in Chicago, I continue to see the truth in these seven words. Within my classroom and outside of my classroom, I have experienced growth through new and challenging experiences. I teach at a school that is 68% Asian and this past week has…
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Student Teacher Blogs
•Student teaching in Chicago seemed far-fetched for a small town girl like me. However, when the opportunity presented itself, I could not help but feel intrigued and excited at the chance to step outside my comfort zone and grow personally and professionally. My name is Emilee Livesay and I am starting my 4th week at…
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Social Work Student Blogs
•Hello! My name is Kendra Schiess, and I am a senior social work major at Indiana Wesleyan University. I am currently from Burke, Virginia, but my dad’s career in the Air Force has taken us all across the United States throughout my childhood. That constant moving is part of why an adventurous semester in Chicago…
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Interdisciplinary Student Blogs
•Hi there, I’m Jennie Droog. I am a junior at Dordt College studying business with an emphasis in marketing and minor in accounting. If asked to describe myself, you would quickly realize that I am probably one of the most typical “small town” girls you’ll ever meet. I call the beautiful northwest corner of Iowa…
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Interdisciplinary Student Blogs
•Alright, here we go! One last go around. It is mid-late December and my time with the Chicago Semester has officially come to a close. I know I have stated this in my previous blogs, but I honestly cannot fathom how fast these past four-ish months have gone. It seems like just yesterday I was…
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Student Teacher Blogs
• After spending sixteen weeks in Chicago, the semester has come to a close. It has been a bittersweet end to the semester – leaving my students, after spending more hours with them than anyone else over the past few months, was extremely difficult. As I zipped up my coat to leave the school on…
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Student Teacher Blogs
•Over the past week, I have started to transition out of full time teaching so that my departure at the end of the upcoming week will be smoother for the students. It has been a little strange not teaching during the algebra classes, although I have still been busy taking care of other tasks around…
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Featured Stories
•Hi again! So here we are, already in December with the semester all but finished. A quick snapshot of the second half of the semester… My internship at the Children’s Place has wrapped up and I have transferred the families on my caseload to other interns. I have had the chance to experience ethical service…
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Student Teacher Blogs
•Celebrations All Around I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Now that the holiday has passed, the remaining weeks are going to go by in a flash. The week before Thanksgiving was extremely hectic at Walsh – the students had a test, two field trips, a merit party, and report card pickup! Despite the lack…
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Social Work Student Blogs
•So, how’s Chicago? This is the question that everybody in my life asks, and the one that I never know how to answer. I struggle to come up with a description of living and working in Chicago that is truthful, both in the way that it’s said and in the way that it’s heard. It…
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