Today was my first day teaching High School. I can't believe that I made it to this point and that I am finally here. I have been preparing for and thinking about this day for the past three years. Wow, I did it. I am proud of myself.
Everything went pretty well today. I was mostly nervous about the assembly with the whole school at the start of the day. Another new teacher and I sat by each other and when the principal introduced us I just had to stand and wave. Not so bad, right? Well it wouldn't have been if that was all I had to do. The counselor then informed me that they were going to have a walk/dance off with all of the new teachers against some students. Lets just say I felt like my heart was going to beat its way right out of my throat. But I thought about it and decided it wasn't that bad. The students expected me to make a fool of myself so make a fool I did. When it was my turn to go into the circle I got in there and shook my booty right at the competition. I think I got some cheers but I am not sure because I was still freaking out a little bit.
Classes went well. We only had a half day today so I only had to take up like about 30 minutes with talking. I handed out the syllabus and told them how things were set up and stuff like that. I think that I portrayed the feeling that I was going for. I was a nice person and would make class good but I was also strict and expected respect.
I think that I need to be more vocal with the administration because I feel like I still need some training in some things. I don't know how our grading system works or how to do any of the office stuff I have to do. Maybe I'll get the guts up to go and talk to them tomorrow morning. For now, I am just enjoying the fact that I made it this far.
