Teaching online: About my first class...

When I found out about the class I was assigned to give it was a few days
before the scheduled time and still, it came as a shock to me,
not because I wasn't expecting it but because of the fear I felt. 
It had been long since I had given any class, a month and a half to 
be precise, besides my current workplace isn't working with online 
lessons and just like that teaching felt like an experience from 
a past life, so far away from my current life and struggles.
It wasn't nice but I decided I would collect all the strength and
bravery I had to start preparing. 
The process of lesson planning was quite hard due to a timely 
and terrifying combination of negative factors.
After many attempts, crying and a bunch of all sorts of thoughts,
I told a dear friend of mine how I was feeling the day before my class 
and he said that I could practice my class with him... it was the sweetest thing ever.
While doing so, we discovered that the audio entry was not set adequately
so with his help and my brother's we solved what would've been 
a stressful problem in the morning.
That event besides assisting me to get ready for my class put things into 
perspective, it reminded me that no matter what happened in class I
would still love and be loved by my loved ones and that, in the end,
is what counts for me and not the way my classes turn out. 
That's not an excuse to stop trying to do my best  in class but it is
worth considering that we are so much more than what we do in order to 
truly enjoy the things we want to do ...
or so I think.

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