Diana,

I enjoyed reading this post and found it to be interesting. In a few of my education courses we discussed the concept of failure. Why are we so afraid to fail? You may enjoy reading an article from About Campus that focuses on this topic.

Brown, B. (2016). Brené Brown encourages educators to normalize the discomfort of learning and reframe failure as learning. About Campus, 20(6), 3-7. doi:10.1002/abc.21224

I am going to be in the same spot as you will be next semester. You nicely mentioned that teaching is far beyond the simple teacher-student relationship. I like how you are excited about your new role and you are spending time to learn the new techniques for effective classroom management. Keep going!
Teaching is very complicated responsibility. When I look back and think about my previous professors/teachers/instructors, I can make a list of many things that I wish they did for me (as a student) and many things that I am happy they did. I think you also have lots experience that can help you be a better teacher/instructor.

Good Luck and I am looking forward to learning more about your experience, Carlos!

Meanwhile, thanks for sharing the papers.

Interesting!
I totally understand you as an international student. I can tell you even in U.S., from state to state, university to university all these also can change. As you said, studying abroad is to experience many things for the first time that might be out of your comfort zone! Some are good! Some are bad! But the good thing is that you have experienced both sides and I am sure you would be a perfect professor because you know what is helpful for the students and what is not.
That paragraph about the exam is the same as what I also experienced here at U.S.. In Iran, professors design very tricky questions and sometimes from the area that has not been covered in the class. However, in U.S., most of the exams are within the scope of what has been taught in the class.
Good job on the blog! keep moving forward!

Actually, in China, we also used the same textbook for the majority of the country. I think the reason behind is in both Iran and China, a national examination is need to get a chance to go to university. A system with same textbook will provide fairness for the exam. But in reality, different high school will change the textbook and reading materials according to the learning ability of their students.