Most of us have been on a see-saw before and we know the principal of how something reacts when something else weighs more. Well, when I started this semester, the amount of work and uncertainty outweighed everything else. This was the “fat” kid sitting on the see-saw as it remained stationary on the ground while the small kid, the teaching aspect, was on the opposite end screaming to get down. I wondered how I was going to get all of the work done. After a while, I wondered how I was going to complete acceptable work. This weighed more than anything else. I was, and still am overwhelmed with the work and creating exciting lesson plans. Now, after teaching here for a few weeks, I have noticed important changes in the way I feel about teaching here. The increasing hellos from students in the hallways and the increased positive interaction with the students in the classroom are really having an effect on me. When I started student teaching I was nervous. Now, I am excited to be there in front of class. On Thursday, one student exclaimed I was his favorite teacher in school. How can this be? I have only been there for a few weeks. As I sat in class the rest of that day, I began to realize teaching is truly more of an honor than just a job. Teaching, now, is like the “fat” kid with all of its honor as it outweighs the incredible amount of important work screaming to get down and be completed. This is not only the most valuable feeling of the week, but I think this overwhelming feeling of being honored to teach will last throughout my teaching career.

I know this is going to sound redundant, but I would like to change and revise my lesson plans. Because preparing lessons in order to connect is so vitally important, I would like to go back and make them more exciting in order to give my students a "wow" moment. Yes, my lesson plans and my presentations of them have improved considerably since I started, but it seems only after I have finished presenting my lesson plans, I realize I could have made them better. As I look back, I could have enhanced each and everyone. Fortunately, I appear to be organized as I teach, but on paper my lessons and my presentations of them don’t always meet my objectives. Other times, the standards I choose have no reason for being part of my plan. This is the area I am going to concentrate on improving. I am going to concentrating on preparing accurate and exciting lessons.