Overwhelming.
If I could sum up my student teaching experience with one
word that would be it. At times I felt so overwhelmed that I couldn’t even take
a breath. Other times were like a breeze, and I wish I had been able to fully
appreciate and reside in the moment.
Sometimes I lay awake in bed hours past when I should have
been sleeping. My brain has a hard time shutting itself off, and I’ve had a lot
to think about this past year. There were times I found myself crying, and I
didn’t know why. There were other times where all I could focus on was my
excitement for the future.
I’ve been thinking a lot about what I would want to tell
myself if I was to start this journey again, and I hope that any future
teaching intern that reads this can benefit from this list to my past self as
well.
