Yukon Chatter Bug

Now that I’m about halfway through my first year of teaching, people constantly ask, “How’s your first year going?…How’s teaching?…How are you liking it?” Actually, they’ve been asking since the beginning of the year.

Enough already!

The answer to all those questions depend on what kind of week I’m having. As you have seen on a previous post, the first year of teaching is like a roller-coaster ride. There are moments of exhilaration, but there are many, many moments of despair, discouragement, and, well, insert any negative word here: ___________.

I don’t mean to sound negative, but teaching is not an easy task, and it’s definitely not what most people think it is. So, since I’m only in my first year, I figure I should at least have a couple more years of experience before I can answer the questions, “How’s teaching? How are you liking it?”

For now, all I can say is that it’s not at all what people think it is, and it’s not at all what I thought it would be. But that doesn’t mean it’s a bad thing, and it doesn’t mean I hate it. I just need to get through the initial learning curve so that my opinion of teaching is not influenced by the challenges associated with its early years.

I’m still a baby in terms of my career, and I so want to be all growed up! So while I work my way through this learning curve, don’t mind me if I ramble on, and keep in mind that my answer to your questions will change week by week…at least during the first couple of years.