Adventures of a Teacher in Transition

Allison. 24. Illinois.

Recently graduated with a B.A in English education. AVID tutor. Substitute teacher. Attempting to navigate life outside of college.

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Teacher Dare Day.

This question came through on my personal, so I’m answering it here:

TDD: What was your favorite part of student teaching? (I know it’s hard to choose, but if you had to pick just one thing!) — twentythreevoices

Oh my, there are so many things that I did love about student teaching that it’s hard to choose! But I would say, without a doubt, that the answers my students could come up with were my absolute favorite. It’s sort of a vague answer, but even in my darkest days student teaching, I always felt like I had done something right when a student would blow me away with their insight on a poem, or a student who never participated would be able to identify a poetic device, or a student taught me something about the literature. It’s one of the most amazing things about being a teacher, hands down.

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