Growing up

Donna Martin is the strongest, most capable woman I know. I can not believe what has happened over the last few weeks. My mother has always been my go-to person and even more so as I step into the education field. I have done a lot of thinking since my mom went into the hospital and I realize I must take hold of my life and work harder than ever. I want to be successful and do great things in my life just like my mom would want me to. I have been very busy working and going to school, but I keep thinking back to my mom. thinking of her provides me motivation and kicks me into gear.
This week I start observations in the classroom, I have had a couple days so far but I actually have not done much observation due to scheduling and just gaining familiarity with the high school. I have been reading a lot of material about teaching and issues in education. this has made me think a lot about what kind of teacher I want to be, but I also wonder how receptive students are going to be to me. I want to be a guide for students learning new things and exploring ideas. As a history teacher I am going to be constrained to the dreaded standards, yet I think I will just have to be creative and mold lessons around the standards that are both engaging and stimulating for the students. This is not going to be possible all the time, but I believe that if I get the students on board we can go on a great journey together.
I may be idealistic about all this, but I think writing down the things that I have been thinking about is going to help me make sense of it all. Life is tricky and teaching makes it trickier... I will have to teach in a multidimensional fashion where I can address the needs of all my students. I am trying to soak up as much information as I can right now in my classes so I can apply it in the classroom.
Well I am going to go read more education stuff and then its off to class