When I think about what I've learned so far it just makes me think of how much responsibility teachers have. I like the idea of having responsibility and using the knowledge that I'm gaining from college to teach kids but at the same time that responsibility that the school system will soon bestow on me is filled with red tape and gray area with no one good way to do things. Looking at the standards Tuesday seemed like a lot of things you have to accomplish with a system that is open for so much interpretation. Standard A when it was talking about setting short term and year long goals made sense. In the next paragraph (in the description) it says that teachers must also remain flexible and be able to make time for assessment and kids' questions to not gloss over it all. When I said this aloud to the class the first thing Ted said was, "Just toss the whole damn thing out. If not take 40% of it out and really spend time engaging the kids on the 60% you have left. Don't gloss over it all because then they haven't learned anything in the first place."
That spoke to me because I really feel that teaching isn't about the content. It's about progressing the learner to where, at the end of the day, I know I did a good job. When I hear all of these standards though I am bracing myself for a lot of stress in the few years. Patience and doing the best I can will get me through though.
I think where I'm at in this class is probably the most excited I've been for science than I have been for any other science class I've had. It's starting to take hold that now I can be the outlet in which kids learn and teach things my way (hopefully) instead of being taught content in a boring mundane way. That's the exciting part and I feel excited about it!
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