Posted by philyra on January 19, 2007, at 22:09:25
In reply to Re: still scared about teaching, posted by Llurpsie_Noodle on January 17, 2007, at 21:41:28
class went well again this week. my students are so great. they all talk a lot and are enthusiastic about the material. i feel so lucky! some of my colleagues have more difficult kids in their classes.
thanks again for all the support. i'm trying not to be such a nelly but it's hard to teach when you've got such bad self-esteem! a good thing to learn when thinking about my own deified professors.
anxiety is so devlish. as long as i don't think about it, i tend to be *fine*. i'm just starting to learn about social anxiety and how it operates. working on that focusing on the other person's face thing. it came in handy today...i was in the middle of a little lecture, and started to imagine what my students saw, how they might be criticizing my hair or my earrings or my shirt or how i was talking, you get the idea...then forced myself to focus on them instead.
sorry if this all sounds sort of obvious. the last time i taught i was in a much stronger place - i feel like i'm learning how all over again, a baby teacher these days.
take care,
philyra
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