Learn to Teach

Challenging myself to participate in Teach Write's Daily Writing Project. Here is my writing today: Growth is a challenge Routines are comforting, yet can become dull I thrive in plans and structure and schedules However, struggles arise when I meet an unforeseen challenge I want to expand my abilities to be flexible I want to expand my mindset of what is a challenge I always want to plan for every possibility and still become frustrated when I can't anticipate something I want to expand my definition of difficult I want to change my habits to become less frustrated by surprises I want to express myself in someway everyday I want to embrace challenges and celebrate the small victories It is so easy to sit in the dark of the present But I want to open up to see the light around me Celebrate the everyday, the light that I don't always notice i want to open up my mind to seeing what's already around me

This blog will be reflections on my upcoming first year teaching. I am an ENL and French high school teacher. I hope to keep myself reflective, creative, and accountable through posting on this blog throughout the year. I aim to write about my experiences teaching. I may toy with pedagogical techniques I earn through PD (professional development) and PLN (Professional Learning Network) from Twitter and beyond. Teach Write is a company I found through Twitter aimed at helping empower teachers to be writers as well. Their current topic is joy. Below, I will unpack my feelings on joy and how to find it. Joy is a difficult one for me. As someone who plans, perhaps excessively in many areas of my life, joy is not necessarily something I come by easily. Joy is comfort and most of my life is lived in discomfort. I live in anxiety ridden dreams where I don't the job I already accepted or I can no longer reside in the apartment I already moved into. I find comfort in planning for every ...