Personal Lesson Reflection

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After reading David’s story, I saw some similarities within myself. As a teenager, I often failed to complete things that I would start, often out of frustration. I never wanted to ask for extra help or an explanation given in a different manner. When I failed to understand something I would become frustrated and just not do it. I would often find myself, like David, dissatisfied with my work. I find that I over think a lot which results in creating a more difficult task then that which was set forth. I am going to share a situation that I found myself in this past year. I teach at a head start classroom of 3-5 year olds and I can say this has been a very difficult year. We were given a very diverse class with many behavioral issues. …show more content…

I was giving up on what was important to me about this job and just making it through each day. Lesson plans were completed and all the children were shown love each day and all their safety needs were met, however, we weren’t able to teach them all that we had planned, just a mere fraction. This has made me feel unsuccessful as if I had somehow failed as a teacher. Our classroom this year was honestly stacked unfairly in comparison with all of the other classes; this made for a possible reason to feel unsuccessful. We may have tried every avenue we thought possible to get through to these kids but by the end of the year the behaviors increased yet academically some did show improvement. I feel unsuccessful because of all the stress we were under I could not teach to my full …show more content…

Asking for direction is not a weakness or a means of failing. Much like David, this job left me feeling restless and unsatisfied. I am left feeling like I was failing and my dreams of being a successful teacher fading. This has really made me question my desire to teach yet my love for children remains. While part of me wants to look for a new job the other part of me wants to return in August to the same place where I felt stress, anxiety, failure, and just plain lost. I fell this is because I know some are returnees and I miss and love them as if they were my own. If I do return I have learned not to let things get so crazy and take a step back in order to see what new strategies can be implemented. I also need to realize that my mental health is important and not to ignore signs of stress and

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