Things I learned from my second year of teaching
Every year our department creates lists of things that we've learned from the year. Here is my list: 1. Just like my students vary from year to year, my reactions to the end of the year vary too. Last year I was waving cheerily as they walked out the door wishing them a good summer and I couldn’t wait to get on with my summer. This year I fought back tears as some of my kids walked out the door. 2. Teaching kids can make your emotions swing wildly. One minute you can be extremely happy, the next minute you feel like stabbing someone. Three minutes later you feel hungry. 3. I don’t have kids so I’m still amazed at how deeply you can care for students. Some of them I just want to tuck under my wing like a mother hen and not them go on to the “big bad world”. 4. No matter how much you tell yourself that one kid isn’t going to piss you off today….. Chances are they still will….. 5. When packing up your room, it’s helpful if you do NOT put all of your supplies in random boxes a