I'm Coming Around...

I guess my feelings have evolved slightly since my last post. I no longer feel as though I'm selling out (for the most part) by having chosen to work at my school in the fall. I know that I won't be there forever, probably not more than 3 years, before I move on to a school that I feel is more associated with my calling as an educator. At least I know that I can have a few years of practice and lots of support to develop my personal teaching style a little more. I am getting excited to start and try new things next year, but there still is that little voice in the back of my head whispering "cop out"... hopefully that will go away soon??

School is coming fast... classes start on Sept. 2. I've been working on completing the summer reading, writing my syllabi, and planning my first few weeks of classes. Scary to think that I am going to be a real, full-blown teacher soon. I am so excited and really nervous. I feel like there is going to be a lot of pressure on me this year, particularly from my 10th graders who've already done the "DCD thing" last year and know what to expect of their teachers. Hopefully I can rise to the occasion.

I still can't get over the fact that MAC is actually over and that I've earned my M.A. in one year. It seems like so long ago that I was writing blog entries about how nervous I was to start student teaching, but I also can't believe that it was still only one year ago. I guess we've all gone through a lot this year. I'll be moving out of Ann Arbor in less than 3 weeks, after having lived here for 5 years, and I am super sad about it :( I already miss the people that I grew close with during the course of this program who are already gone (Lo! M!) and don't want to say goodbye to the rest. But it's time to move one. The Deuce has been good to me these past 5 years, and I'll miss it terribly, but I guess I have to grow up.

I miss my CHS kids. I wonder how they're doing.