Personal Concerns and Next Steps

Now that we are starting the last week of classes this semester, I find myself looking back at the semester. My views on math have changed along with how I will teach math. Especially after conducting the clinical interview, I feel that my views on teaching math have changed. I never realized how huge a process it is. I always thought it was a bunch of memorization. It was either you got it or didn't. I would like to conduct some sort of clinical interview on my students someday. I think it would be very beneficial for teachers to do this with their students. I sure wish one of my elementary teachers would have done a clinical interview. I wouldn't have struggled so much with math my whole life had one teacher realized the way I was thinking about math was wrong or needed clarification!
After teaching a lesson to our class, I have also realized how hard it is! You really have to know your stuff. How can you effectively teach without knowing the material. That scares me. I'm scared I won't be able to teach math in a way that my students will truly understand and comprehend. I know it will take a few years to get into my groove of teaching math and other subjects. But what about those poor students who get those first years of teaching?