Whew!!
What a month it's been so far! I have never been so busy in my life, but luckily, I am loving it! The first week I lost my voice by the end of every day. The second week I used my mother's trick and stopped yelling over the students. I have quickly realized that every moment is a teachable moment and every day teaches me at least one profound lesson.
Here are some of the lessons I've learned so far:
- Beg, borrow, and steal everything you can from more experienced (a.k.a. older) teachers
- Be flexible when planning for students
- Project EVERYTHING on the board so that you can point instead of talking
- Work smarter not harder
- Don't grade everything, it's okay to have check grades
- Students will retain about 1/50 of what you say
- Every quiz will be a pop quiz for somebody in your class, even if you announced it the day before
- We must figure out how to make students into independent learners
- I will never see 20% of my paycheck
- I still look like a high school student, but that makes me a cool teacher to some students
1 comments:
Hahahahaah #9 :)
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