Teaching

Teaching is such a great job. I know people think we get all the perks, what with summer vacations, spring and fall breaks, snow days, etc., but with those great perks come some pretty large responsibilities. For 176 days out of the year, we are responsible for teaching our content areas, teaching social skills, teaching respect, teaching rules, teaching how to think, teaching how to think ahead, teaching self discipline, teaching relationships, teaching self esteem, and a thousand other things that kids need to be taught. This is no easy task.

Then when you have taught all these things, the last day of school rolls around. All the time you have spent teaching the little buggers, you wake up and realize they have taught you. They teach you innocence, heart, inner strength, curiosity, openness, and trust. So, I guess in essence, the teaching is not what wears me out - it is all the learning I have to do every year!

I will miss this class of 7th graders more than most. They have been a true blessing and I hope they will never stop teaching people.