I was in the NYC Teaching Fellows program for about two and a half months. I quit while I was working as an assistant teacher at a school in Co-op city during summer school. I just became overwhelmed and couldn't manage the stress. So, I admire people that can handle it. I've noticed that it is not the perfectionists who are successful in the program, but those that are more flexible and simply don't quit no matter how unprepared, ignorant or scared they are. I can't say it's a bad program.
(I erased the rest of this post where I started bitching about the annoying teaching fellows in my graduate classes at Hunter. It was mean spirited. They have good intentions. Sometimes, "intentions" aren't enough and excellence is required, but it's not my business to worry about all the students with bad teachers).
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