Senior Year @ NPHS
In 2006 I got placed at NPHS to do my student teaching - a year of going to the high school from 7-3, then my own university classes from 5-8, and school grading and planning followed by academic homework afterward. It was a horrible set up with the professors proudly claiming that it weeds out the weak and incapable. I was living in Fox at the time, a 34 minute commute if the roads are good and this is Alaska so the roads are rarely good. I was mad about getting placed at the furtherest possible school, wasting gas while not getting paid, and the extra hours in a vehicle in a schedule already designed to make me fail. It was the biggest blessing possible. Under the guidance of the best mentor teachers, I quickly made NPHS my professional home. The education world was a different place than today. It took four years of subbing before getting my own classroom - whereas today we are hiring non certified teachers to just fill positions - and I made my professional career two do...