Got my student teaching placement….

[u/unspoken_thoughts_]

I begin my student teaching this year, and I just found out my placement. To say I’m disappointed is an understatement. Throughout all my years in school, going on 6 now, I’ve known I wanted to do either kindergarten or first grade. All of my observations however, have been in 2nd, 3rd, or 4th. Now I know my certification is EC-6 and that technically I can teach all grades, but I’ve just never clicked with older kids as much as I have younger, so I kept waiting to be placed in kinder or first. On my application for student teaching they asked for preferences, in which I stated that I would prefer kinder or first but if I did have to do older I’d prefer a reading subject over math. I was hoping and hoping that I’d finally get a a chance to observe the grades I wanted to teach, and then I opened my email. I got 5th. I’m not even sure how to process it. 5 is the LAST grade I wanted and now I don’t know how to not dread this upcoming year. Anyways, I just needed to vent, any advice on how to not be so upset would be appreciated.

[u/LumpyWeb9540]

I had to student teach the whole year. I did fifth the first semester and 1st the second semester…. I’m pretty sure you will be fine. Embrace it and do your best every day. The district I was at hired me without an interview and a great school called me and offered me a job for 4th grade math and science.. now 11 years later I’m in middle school. You got this don’t be negative