Maybe the word “travail” is a bit exaggerated, but the task at hand for a first-year teacher is nevertheless one that requires a special effort. Not everybody is cut to be a teacher, to guide the destiny of 25 or 150 students every year (from elementary to high school). You are like a doctor performing his/her first surgery; no matter how much you studied, you still realize that what you are doing may affect a human life and you may have problems controlling your nerves. (more…)