2nd week:)

Segunda semana:

I can say that after teaching my second week of full classes, I feel more confident and better prepared to teach.  During this last week, I had to deal with a lot of behavioral issues in the kinder class, specially these xxx little boys that don’t let me do anything at all. Sometimes I feel so frustrated that I just want to leave the class, but then I see the other half of class being so good and ready to learn, that I just take a deep breath and try my best.

Something that has frustrated me lately was my CT’s feedback, which was actually not bad at all, but the only thing that she keeps saying is that I have to reflect on the things I believe went wrong, and that I should also think about how I could have improved my lessons. However, when somebody says that to me, it really does not actually help me to find ideas and ways to resolve my weakness, so sometimes I feel the need to ask somebody else for advices, and that is what exactly I do, and It’s helping me a lot.

Don’t give me wrong, my CT is an amazing teacher and a good supporter, but I guess we all have different expectations and ways to think.

In general, all my classes are going well and it seems that my students are learning Spanish with ME. As the rest of my classmates, I ‘m having the same feelings: I’ve being feeling tired and burned out from teaching all the day. Also, trying to be a good teacher, it is not an easy thing to accomplish, even when Spanish is your L1.

I know I still have a long way to go in this journey and I’m looking forward to meeting all my expectations during this wonderful time at Joyner.