Leaving My Comfort Zone

I'm not known to be 

a person who is shy.

I tend to have an opinion.

Or two.

And often am not shy,

or scared to share it.

But...

I do not like public speaking.

While I love being a teacher,

I do not enjoy parent conferences.

Honestly,

I would prefer to write reports

than conduct conferences.

I will admit,

this opinionated person,

does not have a lot of self esteem.

I do lack that belief in myself.

I hate talking in front of others,

fearful I'm being judged

or viewed as less intelligent.

This summer,

I attended at Handwriting Without Tears 

workshop.

I sat quietly in the back,

soaking in all this information.

I've joined the HWT cult.

I'm a believer.

This past weekend,

my school hosted the 

2nd Annual ISAZ Conference

(Independent Schools Association of Zambia).

My Grade 2 teaching partner,

thought it would be fabulous

if I lead a HWT workshop.

Are you kidding me???

Apparently not.

She was darn serious.

I was nervous.

Why would a bunch of great teachers

want to listen to me?

Do I really have something to say

about handwriting that they'd want to know about?

This had to be one of the scariest things

I've ever done.

This is soooo 

out of my comfort zone.

Well then,

I had 10 teachers attend my workshop.

And guess what?

I had a great time.

I really enjoyed myself,

and I think

(hope) 

all the participants did too.

So thank you

Ms Turner

for believing in me.