Tomorrow I go to Work!

Tomorrow I go to work! Work? Did she say work? That's right, tomorrow I go into my new job. Unfortunately not to start receiving paychecks, but I go in to see the classroom, to see the students that will soon be mine, and to get a feel for how the boss runs her classroom. I'm definitely excited about going. I admit, last Thursday I was fairly panic stricken. I wasn't sure about the school, I was ready to give up teaching, hysterics, I tell you, hysterics. However, the comfortable feeling I had during the interview, their enthusiasm for hiring me, and the e-mail I received today from the principal, welcoming me to the staff, were reassurance enough. I gave it up to God's hands and it's as though He's said, "See, I got you!"

I'll be teaching at a very strong, well known high school. More importantly, I'll be staying in the district where I just worked. That's important. I'll be teaching a junior composition class, a senior composition class, and three sections of freshman English (Romeo and Juliet, here I come!). I admit, I'm totally nervous. Walking into a classroom in the middle of a semester is difficult. Especially when teaching second semester seniors. But I know that God placed me here for a reason, and I'm excited to see what that reason is. I just found out that my classroom is directly across the hallway from the classroom of a girl I graduated from college with. She's also a Christian (non-denominational, I think), and it'll be nice knowing she's nearby to run over and ask odd questions (do we dismiss at bells or clocks in this school??).

The only thing that won't be nice? 5 am. I am not a morning person, and teaching means early mornings. I think the Friday paychecks will make up for that! I'm so excited for this next big adventure!

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