Brief essay descibing interaction between an aspiring teacher and a classroom of students.

Me vs Them Once again I found myself in a classroom with a substitute. But, this time was going to be different. I had planned to present the day's activities to the class. Mrs. M and I spoke the day before she knew she was going to be absent and we discussed that I should present the lesson to the class for experience. The night before I had rehearsed exactly what exactly what I was …

…I can still improve. I think that improvement is the key to not only teachers, but to life in general. I feel that if I don't improve, I only get worse because somewhere, someone is improving and I am losing ground to him or her. Am I competitive? You bet! I want not only be good at what I do, I want to excel. What's the point of doing something so that you're only mediocre?