Top Ten Things I Didn’t Expect When I Became a TCC Teacher

10. My excitement and terror before each new class.

9. The way classes and teaching opportunities have materialized.

8. How challenging my students can be.

7. How responding to that challenge strengthen and educates me.

6. How I can facilitate the group and pull the students into balance.

5. How willing students are to listen to and go along with me.

4. How scary and sobering #6 and #5 are as I recognize my responsibility.

3. How much I love practicing with my students.

2. How much I come to care for my students and celebrate their progress.

1. How energizing it is to work with students, how it opens my heart, how sad I am when a class is at the last session and how much I love it when a student returns for another session.

What’s Your Top 10?