In terms of the "internship is exhausting" thing (and teaching in general) - speaking as someone who watched a beginning teacher find her "sea legs" over the past half-dozen years, the first few years of teaching (internship/student teaching included) are overwhelming and exhausting in many ways, but it really does get easier as you learn your way around your curricula, get the hang of scheduling and balancing things, etc, and develop a repertoire of problem sets, lesson plans, and so on.
After that, though - in R's case, it took a little longer because she switched school systems after 2 years - it seems like it's fairly smooth sailing all in all, with just a hiccup on the first year or so of any given new curriculum that you're asked to teach. With good administrators, that should only be 1 course a year or so. The tough thing about being a new teacher is that you're hit with *all* your courseload as new curricula at once.
Hope that sense of the length of tunnel to the light at the far side helps... I'm sure R. would be happy to talk to you about this stuff if you get a chance to corner her and can resist asking all about the baby.
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on 2011-05-03 07:06 pm (UTC)After that, though - in R's case, it took a little longer because she switched school systems after 2 years - it seems like it's fairly smooth sailing all in all, with just a hiccup on the first year or so of any given new curriculum that you're asked to teach. With good administrators, that should only be 1 course a year or so. The tough thing about being a new teacher is that you're hit with *all* your courseload as new curricula at once.
Hope that sense of the length of tunnel to the light at the far side helps... I'm sure R. would be happy to talk to you about this stuff if you get a chance to corner her and can resist asking all about the baby.