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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Duckslayer100" data-source="post: 151783" data-attributes="member: 1485">Wow...I did not expect to get this much encouragement and insight. Seriously, this is why I love NDA. It's cathartic. I have zero expectations that this will somehow be a cakewalk...neither the road to a master's or actually teaching. I'm expecting difficulties along the way that are going to test my mettle. Honestly, the greatest challenge is internally: Do I deserve to teach kids? I believe I have the passion, and I hope what I learned through my own education and professional career can help cram their craniums with intelligence. But there is self doubt. Plus, I know things have changed even since I was in high school (graduated 2002). We were on the bubble of the technological revolution. That line between using the library for resources and finding things online. I may not have been as immersed in technology as the kids I will teach, but I was there at the beginning. I had a Nintendo Entertainment System when I was six. I used to play games on my dad's old Mac. I met my wife through Facebook (well, sort of...I knew her in high school and asked her out once...but I digress). In these ways, I hope I can connect with the kids I will teach and understand the challenges and stresses they face. Or, at the very least, change the way I think to better serve their needs, while still holding them to a high standard.</blockquote>