After wasting some time on pinterest (that's a lie because time on pinterest is never wasted) I decided to randomly google other teacher blogs. And guess what! It turns out that there are other first year fellow teachers posting about their first years of teaching as well! Why didn't I come across these blogs earlier?!
Even though the first year is behind me now, it was still a relief to read their words of wisdom. Now I know that I wasn't alone in this. Yes, there are other clueless, eager, and scared newbies out there. And, to my pleasant surprise, they've endured difficult experiences that seemed to almost mirror my own. This isn't supposed to sound coo-coo or sadistic. It's just SO nice to know I'm not crazy for feeling the range of emotions that seemed to rush through me this past year. It's mid-July now and I'm still recovering.
Did you know that there's actually an article out there called the "Phases of First-Year Teaching?" There's even a "First-Year Teaching Roller Coaster" diagram. I find this semi-hilarious because roller coasters terrify me as do the toughest parts of this past year.
And holy smokes, from September to right meow, that little chart in the article is RIGHT ON.
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