Week beginning 9/25

Well, this week felt like it was dragging along all the way until Friday. I don't know, I was beginning to have some reservations about my abilities to be an educator. It seems like I had all of these great ideas and lessons for engagement of the students in college, but now that I'm here they are all gone (should have written some of them down). But, there are always ups and downs in everything, I'm probably just in a slump. I do know that I have very good support at home, so that is really helping. Also, I can tell that as the weeks go on I am getting more and more tired, I don't know if I should be worried, but I'm sure that I will pull through.

I get the feeling that the kids are starting to respect me more as their teacher. I probably say this every week, but I notice more and more them knowing my name, asking me for help, first, and looking to me as an authority figure. Maybe it is because I wear a tie?