The first day of school

Most everyone remembers their first day of school. I remember the blue, red, and yellow hand-me-down backpack I had. I remember walking into the class and seeing all the amazing cool stuff! I came from a poor family, a poor but happy family. Our home had just the essentials and that was it. There was nothing in my home as cool as what I saw in this classroom for the very first time. There were rows and rows of books. The walls were all painted with rainbows and animals. There was even several boxes full of toys! There were also other children there, and some of them were crying. I don't even remember saying good bye to my mom but maybe that's because she didn't say good bye, she simply slipped away while I was thumbing through the book shelf. Think back. What do you remember from your first day of school? So tomorrow is the day I go back to that very first day. Tomorrow is my first day of school except this time I'll be sitting on the other side of a desk that only a few brave individuals have ever dared to sit. Tomorrow is my first day of student teaching and I'll be sitting behind the teachers desk. Thirteen years of college and a 20,000 dollar piece of paper certify that I'm qualified to be called a pre-service teacher but the real judges will be the students. If I cannot better their future through a good education than no matter my background, I'm not fit to be a teacher. I feel like I am ready to take that challenge and to make a difference. Tomorrow I will be one step closer to finding out if all my ambition and all my passion is enough to make me an excellent educator. I'm nervous but eager to get started. What will I say to a class full of rambunctious middle school students? They are young at this point in their lives but they are very quick to judge others and themselves. They will be looking at me and wondering a thousand different thoughts. Is she going to be a push over? Will she be very strict? Is she going to be boring? I will be wondering a thousand different thoughts about them! Which students get distracted easily? Which students always arrive to class late? Which students have a learning disability? Education isn't a one size fits all concept. Everyone learns at a different pace and a different way. I believe that at the heart of what makes teaching so difficult is the fact that you can't just teach to a class as a whole, you have to teach to a class as individuals. Tomorrow I take my first steps and they may be slow and steady at first. I may cautiously place one foot in front of the other to get through the day but I hope, that in time, I will need to buy some sneakers because soon I'll be running!

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