First day back.

"In education it isn't how much you have committed to memory or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't. It's knowing where to go to find out what you need to know and it's knowing how to use the information you get." --William Feather

Yesterday was my first day back at the school building.
I am getting so excited to have my own class to teach, despite the fact I will not get paid. I love teaching and watching these students for the last few weeks of their first semester cemented my love. I have always wanted to teach. Now I am putting into practice the time and effort I have strived for in the last 17 years of my life. It is fulfilling. But on a different level. I worked to get myself through college and now I get to see what it will be like to "be the teacher" but there is a different satisfaction in doing it.
I have had the best experience with my mentor teachers. They are great. I could not have asked for more helpful and caring people. Without them I do not know that first semester would have gone as smoothly. for that I am truly grateful.