Phill

Posted on 10/01/09

On 10/01/09, OldTeach wrote:
> On 10/01/09, Phill wrote:
>> Currently, I am a special education student teacher in a 6th
>> grade resource room. There are some days when I feel like
>> I'm doing a good job with classroom management and
>> everything else that's going on (i.e., keeping up with the
>> academic work that I need to help my students with), and
>> there are other days where I don't feel nearly as confident.
>>
>> For a student teacher, is it normal to feel like your
>> student teaching experience is a roller coaster ride?
>
> Welcome to teaching, Honey! All your days will be like this
> forever. Some days you go home feeling like Super Teacher-
> all plans got accomplished, kids "got" it, you had a great
> observation..... Other days, you feel like a complete failure
> and what are you doing here? Most days will be somewhere in
> between.

OK, cool. As long as I don't feel down in the dumps ALL the time,
I think I am going to be alright.

I recently worked a job where the boss made me feel very low and
worth nothing month after month after month. However, it was on a
stupid golf course, and you can't really compare a stupid golf
course maintenance job to a teacher job.

But as a teacher, I want to be appreciated, even if I have a bad
day or go into a slump. I know I will have my fair share of
people who don't like me (and that's normal), but if nobody is on
my side/I have nobodies support, I don't think I am going to make it.

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