This site is a class blog space for new Career and Technical Specializations and Heathcare Science teachers enrolled in the New Teacher Institute (NTI) at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Role as a student
The most important thing that I have learned about myself as a student is perhaps what being a student has taught me. I have become an organized person. This is something that I never thought I would be able to say about myself. I was always the biggest procrastinator but have found that I had to be organized and stay on top of things if I was going to stay sane! Working two jobs and going to school for the past 6 years has been quite the long haul. I always new I would make it, but some days it was a huge struggle. Organization had to become a part of my life if I were to succeed. It is such a good feeling to be able to lay my hands on things whenever I want to. I feel less stressed in my day to day life. Ultimately this new found organization has made me a much better teacher. I feel that I am in control of what happens in my life. I really don't feel that I would have learned how to be organized if it hadn't been for becoming a later in life student. Education has been very good to me! :)
You said it Jayna. I'm glad you have found less stress during the day. Of course, using the tools learned at NTI has taken some of the guess-work out of teaching day to day. And we can teach these organizational tools to our students as well. My kids have a notebook (binder)... inspire by our giant NTI notebook!
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