I think the easiest lifelong learning habit for me will be creating my own "toolbox", which was Habit number five. I've had a lot of teachers in my life, and not just the scholarly sort. I've also learned from family, friends, co-workers, other military members, and fellow students. I think that it's key to be able to take all of the best lessons I've learned in life, and gather them together in my "toolbox". I'll be able to draw from those lessons as I face different challenges throughout life, and when I reach a new challenge, I'll add whatever else I've learned to my "toolbox". I think I'll be challenged by the teaching aspect at first. I know I'll be able to teach, but I just want to have great confidence in my personal knowledge of the subject I'll be teaching. I'm planning on teaching History, but when I sit back and listen to my History professors rattle off dates and events without thinking twice... I realize I'm no where close to being able to store all of the information that they can. I'm sure all that will come with time.
This is the first time I've ever "blogged", or done anything like this at all. I don't have a Facebook or MySpace or any of that mess, so I was a little behind when setting up this blog. I think I've figured it out for the most part, and I'm sure I'll get the hang of it soon.
I thought the same thing about my professors, and how I will perform, until I started working as an SLA Leader. As I prepared for a lesson I was reacquainted with all the little details and was able to answer questions from my students almost as quickly as my professors could. I stress 'almost' because they have obviously studied the discipline long enough to receive a PhD and are experts on the subject they teach. But my point is this, the fact that you worry about it tells me you care. The fact that you care like you do tells me you'll do just fine, and seem like the expert to your students as your professors do to you.
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