Tuesday, June 13, 2017

First Day of School

Yesterday, marked the first day of my summer teaching position. I'm working for an organization geared towards helping kids from 4k all the way to high school learn to fall in love with books and storytelling. 

The strategies are also made up of some more technical components like teaching phonics, speed reading, and gauging reading comprehension. It was a challenging but great first day.

En route to my new job I left before the crack of dawn. I didn't want to take any chances with the traffic that has now become legendary, or infamous rather, in these parts. I tripled checked all the materials I needed to bring, but quickly found out during my second class I should have looked once more. 

"You forgot it,"a first grader said to me. There aren't many things worse than that sinking feeling of letting someone down.

Still, I improvised. I made the best out of an avoidable situation and ended on a strong note. And my first go was a Masters Class. Here's what I learned:


  • Go to the fear immediately. Don’t wait, or you'll likely never do it.
  • Stay healthy – get rest, eat well, and be kind to yourself. You will not last if you don’t.
  • You have more energy than you think.
  • You will rise to the occasion no matter how hard the work if you’ve trained properly beforehand.
  • NOTHING goes according to plan.
  • You must be flexible.
  • Kindness and patience no matter what.

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