As an avid pupil of school of life, I've acquired the wisdom to treat my experiences as learning, growing opportunities. After three days of substitute teaching, in three different schools, I have the following to report:
Substitute teaching is not as easy as everyday teachers believe it to be. Being responsible for a group of unrecognizable faces and unfamiliar names is challenging!
Lesson reinforced — walk a mile in someone else's shoes before passing judgement!
Thinking it would be nice to go by my first name this time around, I asked students to call me Lili, but then, the entire day, I referred to myself as Madame!
Lesson reinforced — old habits die hard!
From west to east to north, all schools have sour pusses, all classrooms have rebel rousers, and all offices have at least one insecure authority figure who wouldn't mind ruining your day!
Lesson reinforced— wherever you go, God's sky is one colour (Farsi saying).
I spent half a day with 20 first graders, reached for the wine as soon as got home. I will definitely eliminate Kindergarten from my list of classifications.
Lesson reinforced — always keep a bottle of Merlot handy!
No comments:
Post a Comment