I notice you teach high school english and history, and it’s what I’m heading into this fall after getting my major in history and minor in English. I’m so used to the independent learning, lecture style of my undergrad, I have no idea what to expect with teacher’s college. I’m pretty terrified that I’ll find out my life long passion isn’t for me and that’ll I’ll do awful. Any tips of what to expect?

It is always different depending on where you go (especially what country/state/province you’re in), but, for the most part, it’s about how do we bring our knowledge into the classroom.  I learned about following curriculum, teaching theories, lesson planning, etc.  There was also a great deal of practicum experience.  My year of teachers’ college was fabulous.  It was the most fun I had in school and all of the work we did was very easy.  When I say easy, I mean it wasn’t overly challenging, but it was a lot of hard work.  I had the most amount of hours a week for classes, the most amount of homework and assignments, but it was something that I enjoyed doing.

Good luck!

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