Think about your experiences in high school, how do you think your past experiences may influence your expectations about high school students? What kind of high school student were you? What fears do you have about working with high school students? What do you think you will learn? What are you most excited about? Post a photo of a piece of your work.

During high school I was pretty laid back, but I was a hard worker. I guess I just never really let things stress me out. I was raised to take pride in anything that I put my name on and I really took this to heart during high school. I was always able to complete my work early with good grades in my AP classes. Art was kind of a let down though. In some of my art classes, the teachers seriously lacked motivation. I had one really good art teacher though. He sort of set up my idea of how a teacher should be. Learning was always easier in his class because he was excited about his job and our projects.
I think that my teaching style will be similar to the way I conducted myself in high school after I get used to my surroundings. I will be laid back but productive and I will take pride in my job. I would like to create a fun learning environment for my students. My goal would be to keep students excited about coming to my class everyday.
My greatest fear is that the funding for supplies will be crappy. I firmly believe that students need to be introduced to good tools early. In high school, our supplies were horrible. My work in college really progressed quickly because of I was introduced to better tools. I want my students to experience what it is like to draw on good paper with good pencils; something I didn't experience until college.
What am I most excited about? Uh, summers off! Duh! Honestly though, it's pretty exciting to think that I will be contributing something to society besides the obesity I serve up every week at my current job.

Here is a finished piece and a work in progress...