Reminiscences of my first day of TA training

If you read the WPA-L, you might've just read Claire's post about the writing habits of extroverts. In it she said that she and Will can absolutely fill a room with extroversion, to which I say, AMEN. Imagine you're quiet and shy Brad, and on your very first day of teacher training you meet both Claire and Will, along with some of the other new master's students like Lori Kicksass, Katie F. and Amy (Can't remember her last name). You start to think to yourself, "Do I have to talk this much if I want to become a teacher?"

Luckily, though, I was able to sit in a back corner of the room where there was a burnt-out bulb and it was a little darker. I got to know Mike M., Bruce and Khaled, and I think Lori O. came to join us for awhile, and I sighed a huge sigh of relief. : )