I am frustrated by the lack of subbing opportunities so far. I'm so thankful for the opportunity to sub while I wait to get licensed. I just wish there were more jobs posted.
I decided I wanted to be a teacher about a year ago, and ever since, I have been working on an extensive list of prerequisites for the program I want to apply for. Now, I just want to get in there and TEACH. It frustrates me beyond belief that I'm just not able to have my own classroom right now, and no amount of proactiveness or passion can hasten the process. I have to go through the steps: get in a program, take the necessary classes and go through the work to get licensed.
I guess the way I need to see it is that all of this preparation and patience is going to make me that much more of a passionate, well-informed teacher. Not being able to get in the classroom while I so thirst for those teaching experiences pushes me to reach for any material related to education that I can get my hands on. I've had so much time to research education from a range perspectives online, in-person, and in-text - time that I doubt many teachers have when they are actually in the classroom, due to the crazy-busyness that is the life of a teacher. Waiting so long to teach has pushed me to truly reflect upon the type of classroom I want to have and the type of teaching I want to do in order to achieve the best environment and experience for my students. This is one thing I am able to be thankful for.
In the words of Mat Kearney (my favorite artist), "Nothing worth anything ever goes down easy."
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