Being real

To be real and honest... this whole blogging thing is new to me and definitely going to be a challenge. I am not a huge fan of writing out my entire day or feelings for everyone to see. But I had a really good talk yesterday with my former cheerleading coach and it is something that I feel like I can share. I have been struggling with student teaching because I do not want to fail. I love children and love teaching. I have wanted to be a teacher since I was a little girl. But now that it is actually here I am afraid of failing and not being good enough and I do not have a back up plan. So to be honest I have been so stressed out and worried. Well I was talking to my coach last night and I was telling her about my lesson and how it went pretty well and that there were some things that needs to be fixed but my teacher said overall it was very good. She said the things I need to change are just little things that will make me lesson that much better the next time. My coach reminded me that it is like cheerleading. When I was flying and we stuck a stunt. After we came down from the stunt we would talk about it and she would tell us what we could fix to make that stunt better and to go up or come down more smoothly. She reminded me that it didn't mean the stunt was terrible they were just little tips to make it better and to go more smoothly, and to help me. To make me a better cheerleader. So we related it to teacher. The advice and tips my teacher is giving me is not being I did a bad job, it's because I am there to learn from her so that she can make me the best teacher that I can be.