Sep
20
I have been substitute teaching at my old high school, and I have enjoyed it a lot. It is weird walking down those same halls twelve years later, and seeing my old teachers. The students have all been great! I am not kidding when I say that, they have all been very well behaved, and I have actually had fun catching up with them and what is happening around PC. It has opened my eyes to the teaching world because I have not stepped inside a high school since I graduated, and I am still having a hard time with some of those that have known me for a long time treating me like a student, and others who just met me, compare me to my mother.When I was in high school, being a teacher was the last thing I wanted to do. My mother is the PE teacher for P - 6th grades at PC, and I thought being just like her was the LAST thing I wanted to do. I still don't want to be just like her. I can't imagine having to teach PE to 65 Kindergarten students at once, but she loves it, and the kids love her. I do think, however, being like her in the classroom is not such a bad thing. Call it growing up, or just realizing my mother was right all these years, but I think she is amazing, and anyone who watches her take the whole 2nd grade class, and have them dance to the Wii, but convince them that those who don't have remotes are still being scored because she put "imaginary sensors" in the floor will make anyone have a whole new respect for teachers.
I guess the old saying, "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree" truly fits me. I am just thankful my mom is there and I have someone to help me as I continue my journey to becoming a teacher!
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