To my surprise

This past week, something happened that surprised me. I have been in the topic of infection control. Every day before I would go into a new lesson, I would give a brief but detailed review of the previous lessons for this topic. I reviewed so much that I am sure that I sounded like a broken record. I do this for the sake of repetition. Students can learn and retain by repetition. This week, we started a new topic and I wanted to close out that chapter and begin or open the new chapter. To my surprise, my students were able to recall everything that we covered. They were able to list the 6 types of microorganisms, the 6 links to the chain of infection, bioterrorism etc. The exam was Thursday of last week and on Monday, to my surprise, they were still able to recall the information. That made me feel that I covered the lesson well. Last year, it was my first year teaching and I felt like I was not effective. But again to my surprise, the students stated that they recalled alot of the information that I taught last year. I think that my energy and excitement this year is rubbing off on them.