Teaching at a Middlebury Unified Middleschool

When I first went to the middleschool, I felt prepared and ready to go after all the preparations that were done. What I didn’to account for was the nerves that I had when I saw all the kids infront of me. Public speaking is not my forte and as a result, I was not able to think as straight as I hope during my discussion. The kids at the middleschool were great and I was very thankful that we had an attentive class that wanted to do our assignment. It is true that teachers really have a hard job and putting together a lesson plan even if it is only for a half an hour can be really difficult. The amount of thought that had to go into each part of a lesson plan is a lot. Many revision are essential to create a plan that will work under all circumstances. Sometimes you can’t account for everything and as a result, being able to do some improvisational thinking can be really important. Teaching was really fun and a great learning experience that I hope to have at another point in my college career and maybe later on in life.