Here’s a handful of academic achievements that it’d be easy to forget about, especially working in education. But I decided to turn them into a post so I can’t forget them. And I expect there will be more soon, so I’m calling this part 1.

#1 — Auspicious Beginning

I’m 2 months into my new teaching appointment & I don’t regret it. (Note from future Boaz: I ended up winning Top Ten Teacher of the Year in Fort Worth) I know the first few weeks send a lot of teachers home crying from exhaustion, but I haven’t come close to that.

#2 — No Overwhelm

I inherited 8 different syllabi. All of them are natural sciences, all half-a-decade old, and all are patchwork jobs stitched together from 6 previous instructors. None of the labs work. But it hasn’t overwhelmed me. I’m already modding the syllabi where needed. And making notes of what to purge over the summer.

#3 — Speedrunner Students

5 of my students have already passed a semester’s worth of content in my classes. One of them is going to finish a year’s worth of content before the end of October.

#4 — Class Rituals

I have 5 class periods, about 40 students in all, and all of them are well-behaved. I have rituals to open and close class, and I play LoFi hip hop in between. I rarely have to be stern, because the structure of the class itself provides enough discipline for 90% of the students.

#5 — Clutch Professional

My school was missing 2 of our 7 instructors last week. I substituted for both instructors simultaneously without issue.

#6 — Busting Delinquents

My classroom awareness is improving and I’m less afraid to deal out discipline. I busted a student who was bragging about how they got an A on a paper written by ChatGPT.

I walked over, yoinked the offending paper right out of their hand, told the class “Top 10 things to never say in a classroom: #7: AI wrote my paper” then texted my principle. The case was opened and closed by the end of the next period.

#7 — New Writing High Score

September was my best month as a Medium Partner. The payout isn’t going to pay my rent, but I’ve published in academic journals for free before, and gave away the copyright. It’s already a positive trend, and it’s just gotta keep trending upward.

#8 — New Certification Unlocked

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If you have any humble achievements of your own, post them in the comments so they’ll also be immortalized on the internet!

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