I'M AN OFFICIAL TEACHER NOW.
What?!?!
Interviewed on Friday, hired on Saturday, first day of school (see: without any textbooks, never seeing my classroom, and no class lists!) on Tuesday 9/7.
Thank GOD for the community of St. Catherine's and especially the teachers that have been so kind to me in the past week. SO helpful, and so patient. Also, feeling pretty thankful for my middle school-ers, that aside from being a little too loud - they are genuinely good kids. I admittedly just need to work on getting them (and keeping them) quiet. The problem is that I'm usually not annoyed by loud, so I tend to just put up with it.
Today I learned that I do not function without morning coffee. I didn't have time to stop today and I was noticeably more tired, less alert, and more annoyed. Can't have that happening.
- I also learned that everything takes longer for middle school kids to learn (in comparison to high school-ers). I plan lessons thinking I don't have enough for a class period, and I get through maaaaybe my opening lesson plan.
What I've learned from this whole experience is really just to place my life in the hands of my Lord. I had seriously given up on my job search. School had literally already started in most districts, and there was pretty much no chance for me to find a teaching job. For once in my life, I feel that I was able to put my trust completely in the Lord and he came to my rescue. I kept praying that God would just illuminate the step ahead of me. I don't need to know my future, the decades ahead of me - which is good because I never will. I just need to trust that God will take me and lead me where I need to be.
Lord - my life is in your hands.
