Terrified
I know it's the middle of the summer and I have no reason to be thinking about next semester just yet, but lately it seems to be all thats on my mind. I'm going to be a junior starting next semester and my fate is sealed as becoming a teacher, which I am actually pretty happy about. The problem is that I am starting to get scared. I know that I want to be a teacher but every time I think about the road that lies ahead of me all I keep thinking that I'm not up for the task. I fear I may not know all the answers to the questions my students ask me. I fear that they will either walk all over me or that I will be too strict and they'll hate me and not participate. I'm not giving up on my dreams. I over halfway down the road to being a teacher and I;m not turning back now. I just wonder if all these education courses are going to prepare me for the problems I'm going to face.
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You will be fine
Fear and anxiety and insecurity are normal and natural feelings when a person thinks about an uncertain future. Really, the problem is that this is all abstract, or generalized, at this point and so you have no ability to control or work with your concerns.
ONce you have a job in a specific school, with specific kids and specific colleagues, that's when you will be able to prepare and act to allay your doubts.
Most of it is about preparation. The more fear you have, the more motivation you will have to prepare your classes.
My sense is that everything you are experiencing is normal and natural. I was scared too. Then, when the kids filed in the room, it was time to get to work and I forgot about it.