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So it seems pretty obvious to me that I made a good choice joining up with the Teaching Assistantship program.

I’m about a week into my training, and while it was a fairly exhausting week, both physically (as I had to get used to waking up so fucking early) and emotionally (it’s all new stuff, and I’ve had little time to just sit down and let myself recover) it just really feels like it’s going to be all worth it.

Today, I got the keys to my office. My office. (Okay, I share it with one other guy, but still, my office.) I didn’t expect that to be a point of pride or anything. Of course I’d have an office, you know? And yet… it makes me feel like I’ve got my feet on the ground more than I really ever have before. Well, not quite that… it makes me feel like I am successful. Having a place at work which is my place makes me feel like I am going to have more of an impact in my work. I’ve jumped up a notch from having to borrow the training room as my office at Kohl’s. I’m important enough to have the keys to a building, and to have my own space. That makes me feel good.

But while that’s good, that’s not what makes me so optimistic. It’s the fact that we’re sitting down in class, learning what we’re doing, and we’re joking, we’re laughing, we’re having a good time… and we’re discussing the exact things I care about, and the exact things I would want to teach somebody. We are discussing things I am interested in, and these are the things I am in charge of teaching. That makes me feel like I’m in the right place.

I mean, there are still hurdles to overcome. I still have to figure out how to balance all my work and whatnot. (I am thinking of adopting a strong “my work stays at work” policy, now that I have my own office to work in and keep my work in, and making sure I’m up there often, for example) I still have completely un-work related things to deal with and figure out. But at least, hopefully this stuff, this teaching, will be nothing but positive for me. I hope that’s the case. I want it to be. I feel like it’s going to be.

In a week, I’m going to be a teacher. I think that’s pretty cool.