As a brand new full time teacher (I have subbed for 4 years) I really appreciate this post. Many days I wonder if I am doing anything right and if what I do, right or wrong, will so greatly impact my kids that they won't get into college! I finally had to tell myself that in second grade they do not need to know how to write thesis papers with perfect grammar. I just need to work towards a paragraph with some punctuation. I think a new teacher's life is full of a lot of worry. Thanks.