High's and Low's of the Semester

        Being my last semester taking courses before student teaching, and having 20 credits, there have been several different highs and lows. The highest of the highs has been building a strong professional relationship with the teacher I have been observing and assisting at Marquette Senior High School. In the Industrial Arts wing at MHSH, I have been acting as a TA for Bill Shaw in Intro to Woods, Metals, and Building Construction classes. My strengths in the tech arts combined with my ability to take initiative have shone through. Mr. Shaw seems to consider my presence in the classes as a blessing because of my ability to help students and ultimately take the load off of his shoulders. As a long time employee and department head at MSHS, Bill Shaw will be a great reference for future employers.
         The low of my semester has definitely been in regards to the amount of sleep I get in a night. I need to learn how to better balance my daily activities. Because I have two jobs, and play sports recreationally and observe at the high school, I feel fortunate when I get 6 hours of sleep. I think six is a good number, but unfortunately, most nights are less than 6. Most of my immediate family has been biking as a sport since I was young. For my brother and I, our training would start to slip, we would make the excuse that there isn't enough time. He would remind us that there is always enough time, but other things may need to be sacrificed. His point is not that we need to ride more often, but as life gets busier, prioritizing becomes exponentially more important.  That being said, I could get a longer nights sleep if I was able to place sleep as higher priority than other things.