Teaching

I am fairly certain I won't really know how I feel about teaching until after this school year is over. There are good days and bad days. There are days when I think I know what I'm doing and there are other days when the kids are nuts. I'm getting better at disciplining them although I still have more to learn.

Everyone says your first year is your toughest. I've survived thus far. I have four months left and I haven't cried just yet. I get really bad PMS every month and I've tried really, really hard not to scream at them when I feel like shit. I'm glad I didn't start teaching when I was 22 though. I'm a lot tougher now than I used to be but at the same time I'm probably a lot less tolerant of bullshit in general.

I realize that 14/15 is a tough age. You're becoming an adult but you're not one yet. You're no longer a little kid and you're testing your boundaries. I'm not used to working with teenagers so there's a learning curve for me as well. I'm trying though so give me some credit, please.