Sometimes I worry and wonder if I can be a good teacher. I just finished reading Herbert Kohl's "The Discipline of Hope" and he is so awe-inspiring as a teacher, so committed to his students. I care deeply about teaching and about my students, but I worry if I can advocate for them, if I can be a good teacher. I know that this is a common fear for all teachers, but I really want to be the best teacher I can be for my students. I want to be that person that they can turn to, I want to be that teacher that inspires my students to learn and to carry that joy of learning wherever they go. I want to teach well and advocate for my students. Can I do it? Am I too shy/passive for this job?

Sometimes it seems that teaching is such an awesome, overwhelming responsibility...there are so many problems in the world, so many issues/traumas that my students will bring into the classroom. Can I address it? Can I help my students overcome those difficulties, to be the people I know they can be? Or will I become those stifling teachers that everyone hates? I hope and I pray that I won't be like those teachers, but I constantly worry that I will wake up one day and realize that I am a horrible teacher and I can't reach my students.

Only time can tell I suppose...