Yearly Update: The Journey to 30
Over a year has passed since my last “update.” And the year I was 29, despite the fact that I lived close to home rather than abroad, was anything but boring, so there’s no real reason for the lack of blog posts. The year I was 29, I survived what may have been my most difficult year of teaching yet. Many overseas teachers say, “Teaching in the States is so much different than teaching abroad. You’ll see. That’s why I went overseas; I’d never go back to teaching in the States. It’s just...too much.” Well, they’re not wrong. I admit, I thought that with five years teaching experience under my belt, my first year in the US, my first year at the high school level, would go rather smoothly. While in a sense it did (no concerns about the quality of my work from administration or complaints from parents), it was mentally and emotionally very taxing. Even this year, my 2nd back in the States, I’m still adjusting to and coming to terms with the fact that as a US teacher, I wil