To be frank, I never knew I would be on the path I am now. My life seems to be taking on a personality all of its own. My mother told me that things just happen that are unexpected and that we need to roll with them. Well, I'm the rock and my life is that mountain I am rolling down.
Well, this summer I applied one last time online for a teaching position, had a phone interview with the principal and BAM! I was hired four days later. I am now teaching at an alternative high school and I have 11th & 12th grade English. It's definately been a challenging first month. I have survived up to this point, but it's not about survival anymore, it's about the students I get to teach everyday. I get so excited about going to school to teach something new every three weeks. Right now I am doing a unit on Violence in the Media and the kids are getting really excited about it. I am excited about it too, because it is something I feel strongly about. This seems to rub off on the students too. Next grading period I am teaching a unit on Masks and the stories behind them. It is going to be a great unit once I am done planning it.
So my decision to start a career was the right one and things go as planned, I want to start my graduate degree in January. I miss college. Weird, I never thought I would say that. I will try to post more often about my first year experience. I hope this helps someone out there. Oh, they don't teach you in a university anything you need to know when you are out there in the field on your own. There are so many things you have to learn through trial and error. I wish they would have a course on school politics...
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