“I remember my first day in front of the classroom. It was not what I expected. I prepared what to say, how to say it and what to do for weeks beforehand, but very few things prepare you for the feeling of standing in front of a classroom of blinking eyelids.”
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Masha Tarasyuk, High School for Medical Professions
“In my first month as a high school geometry teacher the compasses were used as darts, my handouts trampled, and the lessons, so carefully planned, went unheard above the chatter and I almost forgot the reasons why I started teaching.”
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