Pixie Dust wrote:
Thanks for the support friends

I appreciate it.
Glance, lol, you'll laugh at this... so on my first day with the students I was being myself and kinda weird (because I'm really quirky with students and I was at an elementary school for the last year and you HAVE to be quirky with them). I brought my quirkiness to middle school and I had half of my classes tell me, "It's okay that you're weird. I'm weird too." Students were so quick to jump in and sympathize with me LOL. My thought was, "Wow, I just wanted to put it out there so that they KNEW that I KNEW that I was weird. Like, not a big secret." Instead, I received a lot of validation and support LOL. I wasn't looking for that but OMG was it great to receive it. I guess it feels good to have someone who is leading us to be real with us and to be like us in some ways. It lets our followers (in my case, students) know that I'm not trying to be perfect. I've noticed how empowering that is for people.... to see someone older, who should have their sh*t together, admit that they're just as human as the rest of 'em.
Watergaze--yeah, I made this thread to address you because I was trying so hard to reply but waking up at 5 am and getting home at 5 pm doesn't leave enough energy for me to put in the extent of attention I wanted. Also, I didn't want to disrupt that thread and the discussion. Also, I figured other people may go away and how nice it could be if people were able to communicate stuff like this openly. It's also a nice way to push self-care xD Killed five birds with one pebble.
I'm totally enjoying it. Minus the adulting aspect that forces me to be a responsible role model. I mean, that's pushing it. I accept preventing death to children, that is expected. But having to be an adult is a bit of a stretch. I think art was perfect for me--and on Monday my ceramics class is starting with day of the dead skulls so eventually I'm responsible for firing up the kiln and HA HA HA -- the fact that someone allowed me to take responsibility for a very hot device is comical.
I'm constantly shocked with what people allow me to have control over--and I'm equally shocked that I'm more skilled than many who are given that control. The fact that I just do what makes sense to me, and most of the time it's me going, "Yeah, f*ck it, that sounds like the best method to use," and that turning out to be better than most--is really a scary thought.
Anyway, teaching is great. I don't know how I'm still alive after 30 years with my half-assery ability to be an adult but apparently, I do it better than many xD so what does this say about the human race?!