Hi new Friends, I am a student teacher who is finishing the last of two, awful placements. The teacher I am with right now talks badly about me and criticizes me harshly with the students; and she encourages her 6th grade students to give me a hard time. One student this morning said because my connection was lagging, and that there was interference using my doc cam that he didn't think that I was cut out for online teaching. Meanwhile, my mentor teacher said nothing. My MT has set a tone that she is disgusted with me and has never told me what I do well or what I don't do well in my lessons. I feel like my credential program set me up to think that the student teaching experience is supposed to be a harmonious one, but that has not been my experience. I feel depressed, I'm hurt, I feel bullied by her and her class. I really do not wish for advice or for solutions, because I know I can't control someone else's behavior, especially when I know I did nothing wrong. I did tell my clinical coach though so that she is aware what is going on. I have two weeks left, and I pray that the lord gives me the strength to get through it without crying everyday. Please pray for me.
Best wishes. Hope you get through and are able to recover well afterwards. I also hope you are able to do a 360, evaluating her performance as an MT.
Thank You. I was able to finish with a 4.0, and four letters of recommendation, two of them from the Mentor Teachers (even though both had awful personalities.) I also got hired from my first teaching job interview, so God blessed me in many ways. Thank you for your prayer.
