My First Classroom
At the beginning of the 2017-2018 school year, I was a 24 year old pastor - the only job I ever expected to have. Still, no one gets into ministry for the income, and mine was lacking. I started substitute teaching to make some much needed money, and it was some of the most fun I'd ever had. Fast forward two months or so, and I had been subbing three-four days a week. The assistant principal of the high school was in a jam and needed someone (anyone) reliable and available to cover for a teacher who was going to be out for a surgery - and they were going to be out in just a week or two. I checked in with my boss (sister) at the church and she said, "sure!" That's kind of what my first classroom was - teaching four classes a day, three of them with different curricula that I didn't understand: Intro to Business, Accounting, and Personal Finance. I could not believe someone was going to trust me with a gradebook! I figured out what I could, invited friends with mor...