Personal Concerns and Next Steps

One of the biggest concerns that I have as of now in the class is how I'm going to switch from how I was taught math, to how I should teach math. All of my experiences in math involved the teacher showing us how to solve the type of problem and then setting us loose on worksheets or assigned problems from the book. So for me (and I'm sure almost everyone else in the class) math has just seemed like a grind, figure out how to do the next twenty problems and then shut your mind off and do them. So because of this, as I was growing up math just seemed like a punishment and something I gained no deeper understanding of. So how can I go from being the student of math I was, to being the teacher of math I want to be? The obvious ones are go to class, pay attention in class, and do the readings. Another way would be to start looking now and compiling a large number of problems that are good at teaching problem solving. That way when the time comes and I'm in a classroom I will be able to call on these problems to give to the students instead of falling back on what my old teachers did and give out worksheet after worksheet and let them grind through it.