1. SAY
“It better prepared my classmates more when they were put on the spot to
teach the class and write the lesson plans.”
“I didn't know the area so I didn't know where to student teach.”
“Student teaching wasn't lifelike, you were in the classroom but you weren't
'on the spot.' ”
“Student teaching was more about observing rather than teaching the class.”
“It would've been nice to have something on top of student teaching.”
“Interviewing was nerve racking. You have everyone you would be working
with and all the different personalities with questions you can't prepare for.”
“Getting a teaching job period is very difficult unless you have a connection
with student teaching.”
“They didn't teach us mental and life skills. We were never mentally ready
to prepare for the classroom. They couldn't prepare you for the time spent
on things such as lesson plans or grading or moral and social issues with
students.”
“Practicum always wasn't a part of class. Classroom management was taught
But it didn't teach me how to break up fist fights or teach a 6th
grader who
doesn't want to learn.”

2. FEEL I feel like most learning takes place by doing rather than being
lectured.
I feel that not only doing helps grow your knowledge in the subject,
but also the social skills and interacting with different personalities.
I feel like doing also helps people be mentally prepared. When you
are in a situation that you've been in before it's a lot easy to feel in
control. When it comes to teaching, being in control can completely
change a classroom's atmosphere.
I feel like the education system is getting lost in an era when it was
industrial. Today industries move much faster while the education
system seems to stagnate.
I feel like life is much better for people who know how to network
and for some people that can be very challenging. Especially for out
of state college students who are looking for employment.

3. THINK I think if we could get more students involved with more real world
situations it will help them develop faster for the work force.
I think having some type of life skill or mental skill education could
help many people be able to balance their lives better when
transitioning from college life to the real world.
I think having some type of life skill or mental skill education could
help many people be able to balance their lives better when
transitioning from college life to the real world.
I don't think college education really taught her how to deal with
certain situations correctly because you can't learn it from a textbook.

4. Colleen is...
A compassionate, positive-thinking individual who is honest
and hard working and puts others before herself.
Colleen needs a way to be able to respond correctly to difficult real world
scenarios because those behavioral interactions weren't taught in school.