1. Why Choose Education?

As teachers, nothing can truly prepare you when there is a food fight or students' random remarks. We learn to deal with each problem in our way. Listen to our hilarious, crazy, and sweet stories from the classroom as new teachers. You might want to lower your volume on this episode.

We all have ideas of the kind of teacher that we aspire to be. Are we the strict teacher? The fun teacher? Artistic teacher? Well, we took two online quizzes to see what type of teachers we might be.

What is it really like to be a teacher or a student-teacher? Listen to the joys and also the downsides that are currently affecting our classrooms and our lives. 

Sometimes as a new teacher we are seen more as the student than an educator. What are the positives and negatives of being a new teacher? 

Teachers have their reasons why they choose the grade that they teach. However, why did we choose high school or elementary education? 

How is the transition from high school to college to the world of adulting? Sometimes we have to laugh to keep ourselves from crying. 

As young people, it is not always easy to set personal boundaries between school, jobs, and even family. 

Sometimes trying to be a perfectionist makes us overanalyze every detail in our lives. 

Welcome to our first podcast! So, who are the voices behind Crayons and Pencils? Why did we choose education specifically? 

Welcome to our very first podcast!