Topic > Reflection: Taking a Project from My Mentor Class

I think I came prepared enough, but overall I feel like the students didn't accomplish everything they needed to during the class period. However, I honestly don't know how much more I could have prepared, so in that category I think I excelled. However, I believe I hastily achieved the goal of the project, which led to the students not having a good understanding of the project in the first place. I also didn't develop the project as much as I would have liked, but in a way and in my defense, what I did during the class day and also the observation was one of the most challenging events I've ever had to circumnavigate. As everyone might assume, college is a great tool for learning content knowledge, but in the “real world” it's a different story and the amount of factors that can come into play is astronomical. A teacher could never prepare everything, so he or she has to “play it by ear.” However, this tactic presents a certain challenge, since the various strategies that can be used to counter problems come from experience and this is something that I honestly don't understand