As teachers, there are plenty of nights we go home completely warn out. We are frustrated at times because our students have not performed as we expected them to and or our lesson did not go as planned. We feel upset when our test scores are not as good as our colleague's and we lose sight at the reason we really are teachers. Lately, I have come home wondering what I was ever thinking when I decided I wanted to become a teacher. I am tired of my supervisor, tired of the politics involved in teaching, tired of the work load that never seems to lighten up, tired of the paperwork and tired of the meetings. Then I come across something that makes me realize how the small things I do in my classroom every day, have more of an impact on some lives than I will ever realize. I happened to watch a movie clip on Edutopia that made this all click. A simple teacher, made a simple comment to a student, that turned his life into something amazing. Little do I know, this may be going on in my classroom each day but it will not be until many years to come that this impact may be seen...and I may never even know it. I want to believe that I am not just there to teach students how to live in life. I hope that I am there teaching them something that will help them be successful in life and think back to learning in my classroom. When my days are tough, like they have been, I just need to take that moment to think of why I am really here...to change a life...maybe not now, but definitely in the future!
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Jenny,
ReplyDeleteAs my mentor told me: Students May Not Remember What You Taught Them, But They Will Remember How You Made Them Feel.
Hang in there. Keep taking care of yourself so you can take care of others (students). The work you do is Greatly Appreciated.