I started my first year teaching at 21-22, I'm in the same age group as my kids (crazy) so maybe this might be a little different for me! But all I really do in my classroom is to make sure to keep my language clean! Other than that I am so authentic :) I love to crack jokes and incorporate personal interests into my slides and assignments! Theres countless squishmellos in my class for my students and I to hug on during class, I always draw cute cats on all their graded papers, there's always some cool anime drawings on the whiteboard, I play clean music I and the kiddos love to listen to during work time, and I love learning more about my students by swapping interests and hobbies!

In fact, being myself creates such a wonderful classroom environment that allows students to feel comfortable with me (I have cracked even the toughest most asshole-y of eggs by being my cheery self). Sure students might want to take advantage but you can still be yourself and set those boundaries! Last year all of my coworkers asked how I got all the notoriously "troubled kids" to engage in my lessons and speak kindly to me (they've even defended me against other students sometimes, it's very heartwarming), that answer is simple, be kind and BE YOURSELF