dear anonymous,
1) you couldn't have been a teacher. if you had, you wouldn't say things like this, because despite your best efforts, you would have grown to like at least some of them. also, you would know that teaching is a hard enough job as it is, without negative attitudes coming from somewhere else.
2) i do not give up. on anything. ever. never have, never will. in fact, the more people tell me to quit something, the more i'm driven to do it, just to prove them wrong. it's the stubborn, bitchy side of me coming out.
3) if you think that i'm going to take advice from someone who leaves bitter comments on blogs, yet doesn't have the balls to admit to them, then you obviously don't know me very well.
so in conclusion...kiss my ass.
(my apologies if you meant this as a joke...four weeks of sleep-deprived student teachering has made my sense of humor null and void in most situations.)
for those of you confused by all of this, take a moment to review the comments on my last post.
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- laura
- a 27 year old with two degrees in history, a fiance, a military commission, and more than her fair share of neuroses. i've figured out what i'm doing with the rest of my life, but getting the government to agree with me is going to be the trick.
2 comments:
Go you, Laura! I must say that every experience I've had with kids, either teaching them, as a nanny, etc, has always, always, ALWAYS been rewarding in the end, no matter how challenging it was as well. Plus, I never give up either--I'm a stubborn little girl. ;-)
hey friend!
"it's a blue day, life is good" - i figured I would write that so you would know exactly who this was, even if i couldn't write my name - that's the only fair way to do things! :)
now, as a associate "future teacher" i feel must defend our chosen profession - or, should i say, back you up, because you did a damn good job!
Teaching is hard, probably the hardest position there is, no matter who tries to say differently. Yes, there are doctors and lawyers and candlestick makers - and i am by no means taking away from any of those things. But, to quote the really cute ad from i think GE "where would those people be without teachers?"
It's going to be a position where, day in and day out, you never know what you're going to be faced with. You could have a really good day, or a really bad one. The kids could choose to be angels, or holy terrors. you could be caught up on work, or you could spend your planning period photocopying instead of grading. You're a a mentor and a listener - and then you're expected to actually give your kids enough information to let them pass the SOLs (or the equivalent in PA). You deal with fire drills and assemblies, parents, administrators and the school board. With all of this, it seems difficult to wonder why anyone would want such a task.
So why do we do it? I'll answer for myself, and, I'm assuming, you too, when I say, quite simply: I love it. And it's more than the smell of the chalk or the creation of the ever popular power point presentation - although those are definite perks. It's those little moments, as you were saying. And while those "eureka" points of your day might seem few an far between, those seconds where you actually teach - make up for all the stress and the "oh my God what am I doing here run screaming down the hall" kind of moments.
Those "eureka" moments? Pure awesomeness.
~ k :)
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