As I complete this course, I am a bit surprised by the personal growth I have felt. Perhaps it’s the fact that I spend most of my time with 8th graders and sometimes feel more like one of them than like an adult or that raising a strong willed child as a single parent had taken its toll on me; but, when I started this course I really didn’t have much confidence in anything anymore except my ability as a teacher. I had struggled through my first course feeling inadequate because I was taking far more time to complete my assignments than I felt I should and was questioning my sanity for wanting to continue the program.
This course has been quite the opposite. I see my confidence returning, even in the way I respond to my 20 year old when she, in typical 20 year old “I know everything and you are an idiot” fashion, reminds me that she is smarter than me. I also have noticed that my administrators, who have always held my teaching ability in high regard, seem to respond to me in a slightly different way. Almost with a new level of respect. It, of course, could just be my imagination or my own confidence level allowing me to see things in a new light; but, nevertheless, I’m enjoying the change.
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