My heart is racing, sweat is dripping down my face as my feet stick to my wooden floor. I have just returned from a run and am unwinding before I begin the last big assignments of my Masters in Special Education Degree. Gulp! After days and hours of holiday festivities, work and a good long procrastination (Call of Duty), I have sat my ass down to finish the haul. Once I begin, the words flow, the passion of my craft begins to surface and finally comes to light. Words written in APA format, 8 references on a word document, and it just looks as though it fits the perfect cliché for a college final. A 10 page literature review on academic instruction with students who have autism, or ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder). The topic interests me and fuels the fire I have for working with my kids, but the mental stress of writing a paper because it justify's meeting the requirements for college level courses (masters seeking students) seems a little un-called for. I learn more in the field than I do behind these articles to begin with. This does not however work with everything of course. Although, teaching is something that you will truly learn by doing and practicing. Just as a doctor practices medicine, or a lawyer practices law, a teacher practices education and implementation of that education.
I can't wait to begin my new adventure in the teaching world. Tomorrow is the first day I meet my co-operating teachers and get the lay of the land too!! The cliché of making a difference is EXACTLY what I want and plan on doing. I hope, along with my wonderful wife who is already an amazing teacher, to be an administrator who gets to structure school/classroom settings more distinctively and appropriately for the betterment of students' learning. I have waited too long for this moment to come and have traveled many roads to get here, but I am finally here and I finally made it. Well, as long as I get through this last week of the semester haha. The three things that I pursue full heartedly in this life is Education, Music and Muay Thai. Now it is time to get everything in order and fully pursue these fields of interest with my heart fully attributed.
