| As a first year teacher you might be fresh out of | | | | sound frivolous and you may not think it's worth the |
| college and ready to start teaching right away. You're | | | | time to keep yourself updated, but you'll seem like |
| probably with the times as far as computers go and | | | | you live under a rock if you don't know what latest |
| what is the current trend of technology. You'll have a | | | | scandals the top celebrities are involved in. Really this |
| leg up when you start teaching because you can | | | | information doesn't matter, and doesn't have any |
| keep things "cool" by involving the latest trends into | | | | bearing on you as a teacher. But if the scandal is |
| your lessons and examples. If you're entering the | | | | really juicy your students will be talking about it, and |
| teaching scene a little later in life, you'll want to take | | | | you should be aware of what it involves and be |
| a crash course on what's hot right now, so you'll be | | | | ready to offer your opinion on the matter. If the |
| able to connect with your students and you won't | | | | scandal is of a serious nature, you'll want to provide |
| seem like such a dinosaur to them. If your students | | | | an adult's point of view and show them that what |
| think you're behind the times, they will lose some | | | | the celebrity did was wrong. |
| respect for you and think you can't relate. Here's a | | | | Keep up with local and national sporting events. |
| few tips to keep you current. | | | | Sports rule in many communities and even though |
| Keep up with the latest computer and technology | | | | you might be of the nerd variety when it comes to |
| trends. If your students are buzzing about the latest | | | | athletics, you'll still want to be in the know of any |
| gadget from Apple, or the most popular website of | | | | games that are coming up. If other faculty or |
| the month, you'll want to already have heard about it. | | | | students approach you and ask if you're going to a |
| This way if they try to include you in the | | | | game, and you claim ignorance, they will wonder |
| conversation you will look like you live on the same | | | | what your place is in the community, and view you |
| planet as they do. You can still be the adult, by taking | | | | as outside of their circle. In your first year you don't |
| an adult stance on issues like cyber-bullying, but you | | | | want to be outside of too many circles. It's a great |
| should already know about things like that and be | | | | idea to carve your own path out of life, but you |
| able to opine on them. | | | | won't win any good graces by not knowing about |
| Keep up with the latest celebrity gossip. It may | | | | the homecoming game. |
