The year is half over already. It is so hard to believe that I have already made it through half of my first year teaching. I recently read an article in one of the VEA magazines about new teachers and the cycle that they’re first year of teaching takes. It talked about the phases of how your first year will probably go. I really wish I had read that article before I started teaching because it would have been comforting to know as I began my decent through the stages.