The Three Main Things I learned In My First Year Of Teaching
I am writing this reflection on my first year of being a teacher in review. So for me the most significant learning experiences for the year was learning to relax, being ready for the unknown, being respected rather than liked (by students), and being prepared. The learning that arose from learning to relax was that the world wasn’t going to fall down around me if I did something that didn’t work. Previously, I thought that you needed to have everything under control and if you made a mistake, it would be seared into a child's mind. In fact, kids are more interested doing creative things and at times it doesn’t matter if they don’t run particularly smooth. I found that all teachers find aspects of their job challenging and that it’s fine not to be good at everything. Cause no one is. This might be due to past experiences where as a student we think that our teachers are somewhat inhuman and have super powers. The learning that arose from learning being ready...