Surprise! You’re a teacher now
Long story short, my mom signed me up to teach a class of 12 year olds without telling me. The topic is dynamic drawing (quick and accurate drawing, like for a design career).
I’m pissed because the topic has been on the table for months and I’ve repeatedly told her I’m uncomfortable with the thought. She agreed to possibly let it rest if I sincerely didn’t want to.
Today she called me and told me she’d signed me up and to help her make a flyer for it.
So why am I so uncomfortable? I’ve never taught a class in my life. And this is a class of 12 year olds. Kids that age will curse, swear, be rebellious, and tear you apart. I have no sense of what people are capable of and I always go on ahead too fast. There is also no way to cram the entirety of dynamic drawing into one hour. I may be a good artist but I have no idea if I’d be a good teacher, something which demands confidence I’m not sure I’ve got.
I’ve got a lot of anxiety over the teaching itself, and disappointment and anger over my mom doing this. Usually she respects my wishes, but now she does this because it’s “good for my college applications.”
All I can to is try to calm down and plan a class. Practice on other people. And try to believe I could do it. Cause I probably could if I stopped freaking out...
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well, this is the very first time I will ever kinda side w ur mom- just in the sense that she pushed u out of your comfort zone. At the end of the day u will ALWAYS be anxious- guess what? most very successful ppl are (including Oprah Winfrey) and guess what u are going to do great, just be yourself, show your work, u will soar- and they will ask questions and u will answer and that's how u teach, by doing. So just go in there and start doing a piece of art, anything at all. You have everything you need. You teach even in your Instagram posts- u just explained how u did what u did, its the same thing. U were once 12. They signed up because they are interested. Its not jail reform program. These are wide eyed children who want to learn, how did u learn???? Show them the way.. just be yourself... tell them your name.. and tell them your pissed your mom signed u up for this class w/out your permission! Im sure they will love your honesty, and youll get a good laugh;)