Monday was my first day of teaching and I can honestly say I was petrified. I have taught plenty of classes before – reading classes, math classes, science classes – I got a lot of experience this past year – but I never had to actually PLAN any of those classes. The teacher would always just give me the plan for the day and say “do this.” Well. Now I need to plan my own classes…and that scares me just a little bit.
My first day of work went as well as I could have expected. Lots of faces in all 3 of my classes looking at me thinking “what the heck is she doing here and what happened to our REAL teacher?” I’m not going to lie – that was the thought that was going through my head too – “what the heck am I doing…I’M not a REAL teacher!”
Monday was a lot of: being scared, not knowing what I was doing: trying to figure out where my classes were in terms of their English level, and introductions. And even though I was with another English teacher for all of my classes, it was a scary day.
But Tuesday. Well, Tuesday was my day :). It was the first time I “flew solo” and it went really well! I came very prepared to my classes, and was able to fill the entire class period for them without boring the kids to death! My 3o class (Tercero – the equivalent of 9th grade) who had scared me the most on the first day were REALLY good – and I think they realized that I actually could teach them something new…and that maybe I wasn’t going to be the worst teacher on Earth :-p
We didn’t have class today because today is the “Dia de los Ti@s”, which basically meant that this morning, the kids didn’t have school, and the teachers and “aunts and uncles” (who take care of the children day in and day out) got to have fun and run around outside playing ridiculous games that are actually meant for children. WM people – think orientation: wayyyyyyy too hot outside, really enthusiastic kids telling you what to do, and all the while you have to play games and get to know other people whom you are going to work with, although not as much fun when you don’t REALLY speak the language! Anyway, it’s been a good, but VERY busy 2 days – of teaching, planning, and playing games :) but despite all the business, this is a wonderful place to be :).
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if it looks like a mama duck and quacks like a mama duck, the baby ducks will treat her like a mama duck! you just have to appear confident for a week or two, then after that you will be! :)
ReplyDeleteKeep up the great work! Continue to set the tone of your class & your students will respect you. Greg & I are very proud of you - Miss you!
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