[Professional Growth Notes] PGN 11/9 (Made 2025 Fall Semester)

I’m going to be honest, as I write this I am seething in rage. I am teaching my EdTPA lesson plan tomorrow and for some reason I am, and it’s only me by the way, just not allowed to print because my computer just says it can’t connect to the printer. I watched somebody print something out right in front of me. That aside, I am also still displeased by Thursday evening when Mr. Young sent one of the most unprofessional emails I can even begin to imagine. Suffice it to say, this past week, filled as it was with putting together things for class at a rapid pace, was a great learning experience, filled with ups and, mostly, downs, as I tried to survive. The thought that an extremely important part of my assignment might be out of my grasp through no fault of my own is utterly infuriating and as I write this I feel close to a nervous breakdown. Still, I will try again in the morning and if that doesn’t work, I can try to get help from the people at the library either early tomorrow or just before I go to Northside. Worst case scenario I have to scramble to make everything able to be done online, though there is also the potential that Northside has a printer, but I don’t know if that’s the case or if I’d be able to use it. Still, I went shopping for things to make posters with, which will be for Thursday, and I feel overall pretty ready to deal with what is to come tomorrow and throughout the rest of the week. My PBL research has helped me prepare by giving me some tips and guiding lights when it comes to dealing with troublesome students, and I feel like the tools my research has given me will help me to get Mr. Young’s students to do what I need them to, so overall I really am excited, even if my heart is beating fast enough to fly out of my chest at any moment.