tomorrow I start my first semester as a non-TA. I am somewhat nervous, but not unreasonably so. I’m sure I have forgotten something important that I won’t remember until it’s too late. But whatever it is, I know I can teach my 8:00 class and then go work it out. I’m not an expert teacher, but I have a little experience and I have never been intimitated by facing a roomfull of students.
I really thought I would be intimitated. Before my first semester as a Teaching Assistant, I just avoided thinking about it until I got to my first class, then I realized right away that I was going to enjoy teaching them.
The only thing that really makes me unhappy is the fact that I have to teach at two schools. This is because I have learned that I always feel closely tied to a location. When I have to go to more than one location, I feel fragmented. Oh well.
So it goes.
