The author reflects on their experience creating their first lesson plan and teaching their first demo lesson. They found the process of creating a lesson plan to be very stressful and challenging as they had to consider many factors and could not anticipate all student responses. Through actually teaching the lesson, their perspective changed dramatically. They realized teaching is about more than just imparting knowledge - it is about educating students and sparking their love of learning. The experience of lesson planning and teaching their first demo was transformative for the author and altered their view of what it means to be a teacher.