Substitute teaching

At the school I work at I have had two amazing opportunities the past couple of weeks. I have gotten to substitute teach preschool as an aide and I have gotten to substitute first grade all by myself. It was definitely an eye opening experience to how language and pragmatics is involved in teaching. The way I talked to the  preschoolers was a lot different than the way I talked to the first graders. The discipline methods were also a lot different. It was really awesome to see that I could handle being a teacher even if it was just for a day. I really loved this experience and I am very grateful for the opportunity.