Educational Duality

So I've come to realize that this Fellows thing is gonna be a lot harder than I anticipated. Don't get me wrong, I love teaching and I love learning, but doing them both at the same time is pretty hard work.

Teacher by Day
I have the pleasure of teaching Sophomore World Studies at Rock Bridge High School this year and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!!! My students are open and receptive to me, they have a hunger to learn, and they are still very impressionable, making classroom managemnet a fairly simple task. I love the fact that I'm teaching a subjet that calls for me to humble myself and ask for help from many directions. Being a "self-centered American" I nver took the time to learn much about anything that seemed of little importance to American society, but having to learn and teach about the world's contributions to the development of society I have come to have a deeper appreciation for and understanding of the world around me.

Student by Night
A person who is serious about their profession is adament about becoming a master of his craft and that is what I am hoping to do through the Fellows Program. I have to admit thought that being a student has never been this hard. Giving and grading homework for my students and recieivenig and completing homework for my professors makes me a very tired young person by the end of the week. But I would not rather be doing anything else in the world though. I thank God for my weariness because he sees me worthy enough to bless me with a mind for success, a love for kids, and a never ending drive to fuse the two together to become the best instructor I can possibly be. I thank God again for all the blessings, and I'll continue to pass my weariness along to him so that he will continuously rejuvenate me tthat I may continueon the path of fufilling the purpose he has for my life.