I have to say, for entering this semester anxious and nervous about everything, I love placement. I love the atmosphere of the school. Just entering the building helps put me at ease. And my co-op is super nice.
But even with all of this, I'm still very anxious about everything.
I keep hearing stories about everyone already teaching lessons, and I feel like I'm behind everyone. My teacher wants to finish the novel they're reading before she has me teach a lesson. She doesn't want the students to get confused (they should be finished some time next week). I understand and respect this, but I can't help but feel like I'm falling behind. And it just worries me that everything is going to go wrong.
I don't know. Everyone keeps telling me it'll be okay. I just like to stress myself out ^_^
I feel very similar, I teach lessons but not my lessons, a variation of her own. She told me that I can create my own lesson, but I feel so swamped in classwork, and the decision is easy do the classwork because of the grade. So i feel as if my professional development suffers and I hate that feeling. : (
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