This week was the last week of my sophomore block placement. It has been a very good experience and the final week has been very interesting. They had a switch in the trimester and new classes began this week. I was able to be part of teaching a lesson during this week and it went quite well. I had high student engagement and they said that the information made sense as I explained it. I have really enjoyed my sophomore block experience. I have made some very good connections with the students and I am truly sad to go. I have learned a lot not only about the students, but this experience has also solidified that I want to be a teacher and teach in a high school classroom. Over the past 4 weeks, I have learned a lot about being developmentally appropriate. Being in a high school environment with kids of different ages at different developmental points has been very interesting. Each student needs to be met at a different level and the idea of meeting them where they are becomes very important. Students may have similar situations to each other when it comes to a struggle, however, based on who that student is and where they are developmentally, changes how I have had to approach situations. I have been able to learn how to help and teach in a classroom when there are students at different levels of development. The best ability that I have found is to be adaptive and understand that some students may be going through some sort of change. Especially with the younger students many of them are going through a change in development or on the tail end of a period of large change. This means that there will be ups and downs when it comes to how they are feeling and the development level. Being adaptive and meeting them where they are to take some of that stress and make whatever they are trying to do more adaptive to them is the best thing possible.