So I suppose it is a little late to be starting a blog about my first year of teaching given that I'm about halfway through it now (the second quarter ends next week), but in a sense it's taken me this long to be capable of articulating some of my thoughts about teaching. For one thing, I no longer feel like I've been run over by a bulldozer 5 afternoons a week (we're down to 2 or 3). For another, I recently had the chance to go home for 3 weeks of classroom-free winter break and process some of what's been going on during the last 4 months.
What I now realize is that although I didn't expect to learn much about the American educational system teaching third grade outside of America, I have, somewhat to my surprise, found myself developing many thoughts on just that, based on my experiences trying to teach an American curriculum to non-Americans. Not to mention the questions the past 4 months have raised for me about education worldwide and just what the future of education may look like.
I have 8 months ahead of me and during that time I would like to use this space to a) reflect on my personal experiences as an untrained, first year teacher, b) raise some of the general questions I have about education, and c) try to bring together some of the ideas other people have about education around the world. All interested, curious, or like-minded individuals are welcome to join me!
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