At last.. No longer virginal.

Finally. I am on the other side. I have busted through my own emotional resistance. I did it. I taught. No one died. Actually, it went rather well. The first two periods are the better behaved and higher level students. They were hard to draw out, but I think I held their attention. The teacher had me ease into it, by doing a quiz with the students on a brain pop clip. Good idea. Just standing in front of the class held to calm some of the nerves. The last two periods are the most unstable. The 7th period kids are the obnoxious ones, and the 8th period kids are the immature goofy ones. I feel like the 7th period lesson went the best. The kids are a little disruptive, but they have more energy and they were more engaged. The other two teachers didn't leave me hanging, they came in to deal with the kids who were acting up, so I could keep teaching. I know eventually I will need to step in, but the support is nice in the beginning.