Things That Make Year 2 Better Than Year 1

• You now know 2 groups of students. Past students and Current Students
• Instead of learning names of all the faculty I only have to learn the names of the ten or so new people
• I think you gain some respect from other teachers for surviving your first year
• Coaching a team and having even more students you know
• Teaching a class for the second time and therefore having more confidence in your ability to teach it well.
• Not having the stress of house hunting or an hour long drive to work.
• Tests are already made now all they need is to be tweaked rather than invented from scratch
• Having the knowledge of who does what in the office and knowing who can get the job done for you.
• Not being called a first year teacher.

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So being a second year teacher, first year coach, and in grad school all at the same time isn't the best idea. At some point I might get to write a real entry, hopefully. Otherwise I'll see you at the end of October when the season is over.