If you read my blog and had comments, thank you. I read them all and tried to comment back. If you said things that questioned my behavior or choices, thank you too.
Teaching isn’t something one can learn to do from someone else. Yes, I can watch the teacher I work with and choose not to manage a classroom like her. And I can read books about teaching. And I can listen to all of the unsolicited advice I get in the teacher’s lounge. And I can try my damnedest to make kids care like this prof managed to do with me. But, no one, and I mean no one can prepare for the classroom until they step in on the first day.
No one can tell you how the classes are going to be. They can tell you how theirs were. But they won’t be the same, and not all of my freshman classes will be the same or me senior classes.
But I can’t wait. I can’t wait to figure them out. I can’t wait to have my own class. I can’t wait to be a successful teacher for ten-ish years and then get the hell out of the classroom and go into administration.
I would like to wish you good luck in your future. I think everyone has gotten something out of doing the weekly blog, I know I did. Hopefully the rest of the semester will run smooth with the final project/paper.
ReplyDeleteFabulous blog! I'm Secondary English Education major too and I also can't wait to experience the challenges of teaching. Thanks for the blog and best of luck.
ReplyDeleteI have followed your blogs on occassion and I have learned alot that I had no clue about, especiall the discussion about removing the 12th grade. I wish you all the best in your future endeavours. Good Luck :)
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