In December I finished my first rotation as an intern (student teacher) at a local middle school. Needless to say, I was petrified at first. I had never taught in front of a class before, but the experience was AAAAmazing!! Towards the end of October I began teaching for 6 weeks on my OWN! Each day I walked into the classroom and thought I was going to throw up...but once I had the awkward stares from my first period class under my belt, I was good to go!
Now I am in a new school, with new faces and names to learn, and new butterflies and stares to deal with! Its been three weeks, and so far so good. I am not quite as nervous as I was, but there is still the feeling that I should be a PRO by now! But this is a learning experience, each day holds something new that I have yet to deal with up until now, so I take one day at a time, and learn as much as I can from my new students, and (fingers crossed) hope that they might learn a little something from me.
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I think it's hard to face a lot of things that are "new." Even as a kid, starting a new school year was a little frightening, especially when it was at a new school.(Remember the switch from T.J. to R.E.Baker? Or in my case, Sugar Creek? Talk about traumatic--I'm not sure I ever got over that.)
I'm sure you'll be fine in just a few short weeks. And heck, if the kids still frighten you then, maybe you can frighten them--how about a pop quiz? ;o)
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