Posted by fayeroe on January 5, 2009, at 15:59:46
In reply to Scared to teach tomorrow, posted by no_rose_garden on January 4, 2009, at 17:38:20
> I'm a TA and have my first class tomorrow...I wish I got a TA position where I just have office hours. Instead, I have to stand up in front of 40+ students and talk and stuff...scary.
It is scary to get up in front of 40+ strangers. But you're teaching them something they don't know. Students generally aren't very judgmental with TAs and substitutes.
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> I hope I can do it. And I hope it gets easier as I go and that it will make me more prepared for life and stuff...It gets much easier and you'll get acquainted with them and quickly see who is there to work and who is there because they have to show up.
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> But right now I'm scared. I have mini-panic attacks sometimes when I think about it.I thought that I would pass out the first time I substituted. I think if we weren't scared, we're sure to fail. It is like riding a bull..if you aren't scared, you're nuts. :-)
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> Anybody want to fill in??I'll be there tomorrow to have your back! :-)
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