The busiest week of my life is now winding down. Surprisingly, everything went down as I hoped. For some reason I stopped by my own blog for the first time since December, and saw some comments ... I didn't think anyone looked at this.
I had originally intended to document my experience with BCTR in some sort of journalistic fashion, where I provide all of these tormented heart-wrenching accounts of one new teacher's struggle to help close the achievement gap.
However, pretty soon after starting as a new teacher I realized that I didn't have the time, or the will to maintain the kind of every day blog. I've got lots of stuff that takes priority over this.
So I had relegated this blog to a narrative with one-self. I pretty much write to my future self, trying to honestly document my experience. As I read back to earlier entries I feel my stomach sink when I think of the anxiety surrounding my first few days. I think it is terribly important to frequently check in with that emotion, it helps remind me how far I've come, how far I have to go, how much this all means to me, and how much I've learned to take in stride events and situations that caused me once to lose sleep.
At this point, I'm on track to be certified this year. I passed the Praxis pedagogy with plenty of room to breathe (I highly recommend buying the ETS booklet they offer to prepare for this test). I recently found out that I'm going to be teaching both MWH and AP HUG next year. I couldn't not be happier about my subjects. I wouldn't want to teach anything else ... besides economics, which I will likely pick up year after next.
My soundtrack as of late is all things Diplo. He produces santogold and m.i.a., but also puts together the best long mixes. There are a lot more, but I don't have any more time.
