SUBSCRIBE chat center Gazette|Chatboards|Lessons|Projects|Classifieds|Mailrings|Jobs|Harry Wong|Live!|Advertise CHATBOARD MAILRING LESSONS SUBMIT POST ALL POSTS TOP POSTS Share | Print | Report Post LA Teachers Chatboard Search Teachers.Net Advanced Quick Links: Set Subscribe to LA-Teachers Hot Now... • August 2008 Gazette • Teacher Tech Center • The Lesson Bank Most Popular • Set Your Quick Links • Chat Center • All Chatboards • Lesson Bank • Teacher Mailrings • Project Center • Classified Ads • Live Chat & Meetings Select by • State/Region • Grade Level • Curriculum • Interest Group • Teaching Method Special Topics • Technology • Languages • Hot Topics • Career Center • Distance Learning • Fundraising • Tutoring Center • Teacher's Bookshelf • Free Printables • Classroom Photos • Meeting Archive • Teaching Articles • Library • Web Tools • Webring • Search • Advertise   Re: Am I making a huge mistake? Posted by been there on 5/19/08 Have you tried observing other teachers' classrooms. The real class is very different from how students behave for subs. Every school and each class within are different. You will learn tons from other teachers about classroom management. Don't loose hope. On 5/08/08, secondary thoughts wrote: > I recently got out of an unhappy 10 year relationship with > a career I found, at best, unfulfilling and, at worst, an > onerous dead-end. > > Not long after I lost my last job, I had one of the very > few epiphanies I've ever had; I should become certified to > teach high school science. I don't have any real science > background apart from a layman's keen interest. I wouldn't > call it a passion – but I'm just don't have one of those > deeply passionate personalities – but I do feel very > strongly about the importance of science education. I began > studying for the Praxis II content exam for science > immediately, and took the GRE Tuesday. My plan was to > enroll in the MA in education program here in Louisiana and > start teaching this fall under a practitioners license. I > found myself planning lessons and thinking of ways to > elucidate Newton's laws of motion to 9th graders. This was > the very first time in my life I felt like I was doing what > I was *supposed* to be doing, almost like I had a duty to > be in a classroom sharing – to the best of my > as-yet-uncertain ability - what I think consider to be a > very profound truth; that the world around us is knowable > through careful observation and reason. > > But now I'm having major second thoughts. What's changed > between then and now is that I've actually substituted a > few times. I realize that being a teacher and being a sub > are very different games. But after actually standing in > front of a few classes, particularly a few ninth grade > science classes, it just seemed likely to me that if you > have a classroom of 20 kids, you might have 2 or three who > are actually interested and receptive to learning > something, around a dozen who might care enough to put in > the minimum to pass, and the rest who are actively trying > to disrupt whatever's going on. > > Obviously I have a lot - probably more like everything - to > learn about being a teacher, but my initial optimism and > enthusiasm about making the world a better place has been > somewhat dampened. I need to apply to the master's program > soon, though, and I don't need this crisis compounding my > natural tendency to procrastinate. > > I'm not sure what my question is. Maybe someone can suggest > one. Posts on this thread, including this one Am I making a huge mistake?, 5/08/08, by secondary thoughts. Re: Am I making a huge mistake?, 5/09/08, by Welcome to the REAL world of education! Not as easy as. Re: Am I making a huge mistake?, 5/19/08, by been there.

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