One of our professors last semester described how
there are highs and lows during the credential program. Well, I am defiantly in
a low. All of us in the credential program are working hard to become teachers
and this program has been both challenging and rewarding. We should be focusing
on techniques that work for us, figuring out what doesn’t, and learning how we
can improve upon the craft we are trying to develop. But despite the best
intentions of some in the program, it is still riddled with hoops to jump
through for the sole purpose of making us jump.
That fact that students are required to pay large
sums of money to participate in the program where they can not simultaneously
work and then charge additional fees missing an small step in the instructions
is very discouraging. Then to try to justify their actions by attempting to
explain that there are additional administrative actions which require more fees, is a
little revolting. Icing on the cake of an already frustrating semester.
I try to focus on the parts of the program that I
enjoy, like working with my CT and my students, but tripping through all of the
red tape and feeling like I am being taken advantage of is really starting to
bother me. I’d love to hear some feedback on how the rest of you are feeling…
