Thanksgiving!
I certainly have a lot to be thankful right now. Health, a wonderful family, and an exciting future are three that come to mind right away. A wonderful opportunity with the Year Long Student Teaching program - one that I have taken advantage of in any and every way that I can - an amazing mentor in my co-teacher, and super support from teacher/past teacher friends - all things that I am beyond grateful for. How about the fact that I only have three weeks of classes left after Thanksgiving - yes, you read that right, just three more weeks of being in student world, and only a few short more weeks away from teaching every single day
I can’t wait!
Someone asked me how I was feeling about teaching now that I have been in the classroom so many times. Did I find it tiring? Was the grading time-consuming? Were there daily frustrations………well, yes, yes and of course…..but what that picture misses is the sheer joy of working with the student who FINALLY gets it. Earning success from the student who normally chooses to hide his skills and talents. Planning a lesson that goes exactly the way that you expected — and managing to ‘fix’ the ones that did not. Dancing the night away with 5th and 6th graders at the fall dance and being told you are cool. Seeing excited students when you let them know that you will be with them every day next semester. Those are the things that immediately come to mine when you ask me about my experience as a teacher.
It’s exhausting, frustrating, a serious (and scary) responsibility, and a challenge.
I love every moment.
