The Only Way It Gets Better Is If You Stay The Course

Lessons after a brutal first year teaching

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My first year of teaching was an absolute trainwreck. While I came in idealistic and showed promise in the beginning, I was an absolutely terrible teacher. I’m not sure if my kids learned anything. I couldn’t manage the classroom. While a lot of the school had altercations, my classroom was altercation…