With the help of several really thoughtful questions from listener and readers—including some from those about to go into the classroom for the first time this upcoming school year!—Adrian Neibauer and Marcus had a chance to reflect on their own perspective as teachers and offer advice on several different topics:

* How to establish systems in the classroom, what to do if they aren’t working—and what to do if you feel like the systems in your school building don’t align with your own philosophy of what is best for your students?

* Navigating “imposter syndrome,” particularly as an early-career teacher—but also, as Marcus and Adrian note, reckoning with the perpetual dilemma of not feeling as knowledgable as you want to about your content when standing in front of students.

* The intersection of “imposter syndrome” and AI, and more broadly how that lens of novice v. expertise is a potentially-helpful way of unpacking different views on AI technology more broadly as far as its utility.

* The age-old and always-important question of what to do when you feel overwhelmed by the behavior of students in your classroom.

Thank you also Jared Fox, Stephen Fitzpatrick, Sara Love, and many others for tuning into this conversation! (Oh, and if you aren’t subscribed to Adrian’s Newsletter, I highly recommend you take care of that ASAP!)

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