Hello C-Deckers,
As this quarter ends and the summer begins I am asking myself this very question. Some of it is me being stunned because within the first two weeks of this block I had sworn that I had actually been in it for two months. So on that note is it really over or am I getting “punked” right now? I feel that some of my questioning vies toward uncertainty.
Up until this quarter my self-confidence on my teaching ability was lackluster to say it best. Now I am ending the quarter and I feel that I can hold my own. The more you learn about the profession, the more you realize that you’re not going to be a master of your craft right away; the only thing I can hope for is to deliver a quality education for my students.
All that is left to deal with before I student teach is uncertainty. You can have all confidence in the world but you always have to account for uncertainty. Doing so will allow you to be flexible and adapt to your surroundings. A favorite quote of mine from the movie No Country for Old Men addresses this, “Even in contest between Man and Steer, the issue is not certain.” Before that he tells a story about a farmer that was trying to put down a steer, which he had done hundreds of times, with a rifle. The particular animal bucked slightly, right when the man shot and the shot ricocheted around and hit the man in the arm. Point being we can never take for granted what we have in front of us, because it might end up biting us in the behind.
From the Nosebleeds,
Bad News Bears
