Week 1

 

Week 1: the beginning

I did it! I survived my first two days of school! Woo-hoo! I had thought these two days would be the longest (and worst) days of my life, but they weren’t. I got through them. I am now officially a training teacher!

These past two weeks have showed me what people mean when they say, “It is not easy being a teacher.” I quickly realized this before school even started! My principal told me ten days before school started that I had eighth grade, so I did not have much time to prepare. I knew that once school started, I would have so much student work to display that I would eventually run out of space. Even though this did not really comfort me as I looked at my bare walls, I knew that everything, including the classroom and myself, would change once the students came in.

The night before the first day of school I could not sleep. I tossed and turned all night, wondering, “Will my students like me? Will I know who they are? Will I remember do to everything? Will I start off on a good note so that the rest of the year follows smoothly?” These were just some of the thousands of questions I kept asking myself, over and over, as I waited for the first day to be done and over with it. 

I have no idea what the rest of the days are going to be like, but for right now, it really doesn’t matter! My first two days of school were successful! I quickly learned most of the students’ names. (Thank goodness I made them wear name tags!) And aside from screwing up the lunch order, I knew what to do. I did not forget anything. It felt natural to be in the classroom with the students. I just hope that as the year goes on, it will only feel more natural. And from today my journey begins as a training teacher......