I don't know exactly when it happened, but I am a teacher. I have transitioned from learning all of these abstract concepts and strategies, from feeling so far from my goal of becoming an educator, from never feeling adequate, to knowing what I'm doing, why I'm doing it, and how to be successful at it. It feels good. Really good.

I graduate from college in eight months. In January, I'll be in charge of an entire classroom by myself. I will be the one implementing three and a half years of classes worth of information on how to be an effective teacher. I will have to teach, manage, control, and befriend twenty six or seven year olds every single day.



My heart cannot wait.