A (kind of) real introduction

After realizing that I am not the only blogger in the English department, I have decided to keep up on this blog as often as I can. If only because I'm competitive like that.

I would like to say that I am here to enlighten those in the teaching industry, but being a fresh face in my first "real" year of teaching it would be hard to do. This first year will be a roller coaster ride of emotion, a plethora of cliche. All I can promise is an entertaining year of learning and teaching.

So, I invite my fellow first year teachers to wallow in the mistakes that we will (undoubtedly) make and share the joys that make it all worth it.

And, veteran teachers, you are welcome to come along for the ride also. Cringe while reading about our mistakes, maybe even get zapped back to the time when you were in my shoes, thinking, "Oh, yeah. I did that." Or, "Really? You really did that?"

Also, I extend an invitation to those NOT in education to read along. Maybe I can be a little window into the side of teaching you do not always see: The dirty side. The AWESOME side. The side that makes the select group of us CHOOSE to be around hormone driven youth.

Whoever you are, I welcome you to "My Life in Teaching".