This weekend I had a little revelation. It came when I was reflecting on a conversation I had had with my colleague, where I felt uncomfortable with my part of the conversation. Here's the basic story.
Last Friday I had brunch and a bike ride with a friend and colleague. Throughout our time together, we did a lot of sharing of our current states, and listening to each other, as friends do. And one of the main themes of my sharing was Imposter Syndrome. I feel like I'm doing a kind of crappy job as a teacher right now, and one feeling that pervades is that I've never been trained to teach effectively. Next weekend I'm going to a photography workshop, where I'll probably be working with other semi-professional photographers, and I feel somewhat unqualified to even attend that workshop. I've been appointed as a surrogate chair to a committee, for which I feel incredibly unqualified.
