First Day at The Greatest Show On Earth!

Today was the big day. It was the first day of school, my first day of teaching, and my students first day with me. I would say the emotions were kind of all over the place, and I felt it necessary to recap the first day of school. I mean, that's a big day of the year?

I really think this was the most nervous that I have ever been about something. I could hardly fall asleep last night, and the nerves this morning were insane. I was feeling overwhelmed and felt the need to get to school early. Luckily, Miss A pulled up right as I was getting there, so I didn't have to cross the threshold by myself. The last minute housekeeping kept my mind off was about to happen. Then before I could blink, the kids were already there. They all came in and started working on what was laid out on their desks. The question, "Who's nervous?" left my mouth followed by the hand of the majority of the students. I really felt like we were in the same boat, and I just told them I was nervous too. From then on, everything just felt natural. 

My time at Huffines really helped prepare me for this day. I knew that I could teach, and I knew that I would have the attention of these students. What I wasn't ready for was how quickly the day went by. After what seemed like 30 minutes, it was already lunch time. The day seemed to go by in the blink of an eye. 

Of course, I spent the first half of the day trying to get a feel for my students. Right away you could tell the students with the personalities and some of the shy ones. All of my kids seem sweet, and were well behaved for the first day. I hope that trend continues. The one thought going through my head all day was that I just hoped that they like me at least a little. I had them laughing and contributing to the class discussion, so I feel like I made a good impression. 

As we were lining up to dismiss from school, I had one student tell me, "I like you. You're a good teacher." That right there made the whole first day worth it. It was an exciting, fast-paced first day, but I know that I made the right career choice. I can't wait to go back for day two! :)