a lot can happen in a year...
I haven't been writing in this much at all lately.
Last night I was lying on my bed, and I opened my window to find a thick fog outside. I kind of had a cheesy moment, and I started to think about my life this year, and how much it has changed since I arrived in North Bay in late August. When I got here, I was disillusioned, and terrified...I didn't feel like a teacher at all. I didn't feel ready to leave Trent, my sister, or my comfortable undergrad life.
This year has been an absolute whirlwind, and I have become a teacher somehow...I have become "Miss Franklin" and that seems normal to me. I'm ready to take it all on, but at the same time, I just want to be irresponsible and drink too much wine when I have work to do. I am really ready to be done practice teaching, and to be my own boss in the classroom, and do things my way without being watched and evaluated constantly. But I am not ready to leave my Nipissing student life...(which is partly why I have signed up for summer courses)! Having glimpses of the "real world" when I'm practice teaching makes me appreciate being a student so much more...it's pretty nice to come back here and be passively sitting around in class in a hoodie. I am ready to teach and move on, but I am certainly enjoying this surreal life while it lasts...
Last night I was lying on my bed, and I opened my window to find a thick fog outside. I kind of had a cheesy moment, and I started to think about my life this year, and how much it has changed since I arrived in North Bay in late August. When I got here, I was disillusioned, and terrified...I didn't feel like a teacher at all. I didn't feel ready to leave Trent, my sister, or my comfortable undergrad life.
This year has been an absolute whirlwind, and I have become a teacher somehow...I have become "Miss Franklin" and that seems normal to me. I'm ready to take it all on, but at the same time, I just want to be irresponsible and drink too much wine when I have work to do. I am really ready to be done practice teaching, and to be my own boss in the classroom, and do things my way without being watched and evaluated constantly. But I am not ready to leave my Nipissing student life...(which is partly why I have signed up for summer courses)! Having glimpses of the "real world" when I'm practice teaching makes me appreciate being a student so much more...it's pretty nice to come back here and be passively sitting around in class in a hoodie. I am ready to teach and move on, but I am certainly enjoying this surreal life while it lasts...