About 10 days ago I started my first year of teaching. I am the third grade teacher at a private school, and all I seem to be able to think about these days are my ten very unique and funny students. I am pretty sure that being a prematurely middle-aged school teacher who is obsessed with her students and laminating is the very definition of a loser without a life. Despite all that, I love what I am doing. Today Yoori (one of my cute kids) gave me beautiful origami flower she'd made from memory. It was so sweet, and since she speaks very little English it was the first sign I'd had from her that she thinks I am a decent teacher. That folks, is why I love teaching.
This Friday we are having my schools version of back to school night. I am extremely nervous. Although to teach at a private school you do not need a teaching credential, I have heard that at least one of my students mothers is concerned about my lack of a credential. Because of this I am working really hard to make my room, curriculum over view, and self look perfectly teacher-ish. I hope it all pays off!
Just so you can see a little of what I am talking about here are some pictures of my new life.
This is Netra, showing me how excited she is to be making a newspaper about herself.
This is our job board. Doesn't responsibility look exciting!
This is the courtyard garden at my school. It has a pond with fish, frogs, and turtles.
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