Day 16

 On this day I had my second and final observation. I had throughly planned the classes so I felt more confident than in the past few session, but still I felt a little nervous and anxious as always. The observation I had was, again, with the preteens course. I think overall it went okay, the kids seemed to really understand the topics and seemed like they were enjoying the activities, which made me feel at ease. 

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