Advice to 1st Year Teachers
Today, I was at Office Max. I noticed the lady in front of me was buying a whole lot of folders and erasers among other things. After pausing for a second, I asked her if she were a teacher. She got a little glint in her eye and explained that she was. In fact, it was her first year of teaching. At that moment, a rush of emotion came over me. So many things were running through my brain that I wanted to tell her and to give her advice about her first year of teaching. I managed to get out what grade and school and a good luck before her transaction was over. She left, and my mind was still whirring. So I figured it was time to write this blog post that has been buzzing around in my mind for so long. Now just a warning, compared with some of my other teacher friends, my first year of teaching was exceptionally harder than theirs was because of my location and my administration. However, through it all, I did learn some valuable lessons. To first year teachers: 1. 1s