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April 23, 2007:

I taught high schoolers today!

Yup, yup, yup, the subject tells the truth. I taught real life high schoolers today. I’ve been volunteering at a local high school the past three months as a prerequisite to get into the teaching certification program at the university (since I’m graduating in May, I decided to get my certification and then I know one thing I can do with a degree in Creative Writing and Psychology/English literature). Anywho, today was the first day I got my feet wet and taught a class! I was pretty nervous about it, but I wanted to do it so I could get a nice recommendation.

It was actually a lot of fun. Once the initial butterflies-in-tummy-oh-my-god-they’re-staring-at-me-like-zombies wore off, it was all fun and games. Although, I have a tendency to answer my own comments and laugh at my own jokes. I’m either going to be a really lame teacher which everyone describes as, “But she’s so cuuuuute because of her eccentricities” or I’m going to be the teacher kids laugh along with (as opposed to laughing AT).

I taught Act 1 of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and did a small lecture on the different characters in the play. It was actually fun, I wasn’t sure until that moment I could be a teacher, but now I think I can (famous last words).

(Off topic, but sorry for the sudden disappearance. I’ve been having computer problems and since graduation is coming up fast, I’ve been really busy. I may be on-and-off again for the next month, too.)

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ID: 10
April 25th, 2007 at 12:09 am

vivid_cognition says:

Coolness! Teaching is a trip. I regularly taught Sunday School back when it was compatible with my worldview, and I’ve taken the reins from a professor a couple of times (including one lecture on quantum theory to Philosophy grad students at UA! Fun times…). Pre-adult students totally intimidate me, though, especially high school age ones, so kudos on being so brave! Good luck with it!

ID: 16
May 22nd, 2007 at 10:29 pm

Himani says:

QUOTED vivid_cognition:

Pre-adult students totally intimidate me, though, especially high school age ones, so kudos on being so brave! Good luck with it!

They scare me too, but elementary children (and younger) scare me more.

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