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Many teachers enter their first year with dreams and expectations. For many those dreams become nightmares, and the expectations become memories. All that is learned in college from books, manuscripts, and from student teaching is quickly forgotten on the first day of school when the on-the-job training begins. As I learned each day from student response and actions, I started to become the teache... More

Many teachers enter their first year with dreams and expectations. For many those dreams become nightmares, and the expectations become memories. All that is learned in college from books, manuscripts, and from student teaching is quickly forgotten on the first day of school when the on-the-job training begins. As I learned each day from student response and actions, I started to become the teacher that I ended up after thirty-five years. That first year was the turning point of my life. Not many people start a job and do it until retirement, but as each year went by, the lessons I learned my first year became my foundation toward becoming one of the best teachers in the school. The teachers that learn from these lessons are the ones that go on to become lifetime teachers. The others become frustrated, disappointed, and move on after a few years to other jobs. There is no cookbook for teaching. But reading the lessons I learned during my first year should be helpful and meaningful to any new and first time teachers. I did, and continued to learn for 35 years.

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