Something I have been thinking about recently:
Since I have started practicum, I have become much more conscious of the image I bring into the classroom. If I see a show the night before, I try to wash the stamp off the back of my hand, the other day I found myself wondering if my hair was getting too long…
As a teacher will I be able to get a tattoo if I want to, is stubble acceptable, can I join any issue advocacy group? some of these questions are overblown, but the experience is reinforcing how much teachers are an intergral part of the community they inhabit. So far I have been asked who I was voting for and where I bought my shoes among others, and I know there are more yet to come.
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November 10, 2008 at 4:10 am
caiter
Hmmm. It is interesting. I remember in my high school senior AP English class when our teacher said something about buying a beer at the baseball game and we were all like, “What? Mr. P? You…. drink?” And he sort of laughed and was like, “Well, I’m old enough, I can buy a beer once in a while.” But I was really struck by my and my classmates reactions. Why was this such a big revelation to us?