FINALLY TEACHING!!!!

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Congratulations, Matt, and I hope you have a wonderful experience. I loved my student teaching experience, and it actually forced me to take more classes because I switched my grade level that I wanted to teach.

I taught at a wonderful, old high school in the mountains of Maryland that still had grades 7-12 under one roof. I ended up teaching grades 8, 10, and 11. I had trained for senior high, but those 8th graders just stole my heart. To be certified in middle school social studies (instead of high school history), however, I had to take night classes in economics and sociology once I was hired in a middle school.

As far as my personal goal, I have more than achieved it. I knew from grade five that I wanted to be a teacher, and from grade 8, I knew it would be a history teacher. I had a great "career" as a teacher before beginning my stint at Surratt House. After that, I have thoroughly enjoyed the opportunities that have opened up to me. Most unexpected, but just wonderful. I wish for you the same success and self-satisfaction. Just keep reminding yourself that there is always something new to learn.