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Friday, July 16, 2010
the beginning of a long journey
Teaching was never my first option, in fact it was at the bottom of my list of things to do when i grew up. But at the very sublime suggestion of my husband i became a teacher.
Actually, no, I did not become a teacher, I only studied to become a teacher, and I hadn't the slightest idea of the absolute adventure I was getting myself into!
Teaching high school is not an easy feat.....
There is an unimaginable amount of problems that surround today's scholars. Absent parents, easy access to drugs, sex and ways of lives that were taboo twenty years ago. Not to mention gangs... and did I mention absent parents?
Kids today don't want to study (I am speaking from what I see). To many, education is a wall, a barrier; it becomes an obstacle and prison that keeps them from making some cash.
Who would have thought that education is becoming taboo in many communities... where parents make their 18 years work and then what?
Ohh... they become managers of some chain restaurant and never go beyond there.
No there is nothing wrong with being a manager anywhere... someone's gotta do the job right? But this is the question I ask....
Would someone with an education do the job better? Or at least have better skills?
Back to teaching...
WOW... is all I have to say... once the shock of realizing that I grew up in a bubble passed.. well I can say I got down to business.
The art of teaching is complex... it is enriching and yet heart breaking. My students live through situations that I only saw on the 9o'clock news; but they have the heart to continue their lives and go above and beyond their present lives.
I will end this with saying that I love teaching.
Actually, no, I did not become a teacher, I only studied to become a teacher, and I hadn't the slightest idea of the absolute adventure I was getting myself into!
Teaching high school is not an easy feat.....
There is an unimaginable amount of problems that surround today's scholars. Absent parents, easy access to drugs, sex and ways of lives that were taboo twenty years ago. Not to mention gangs... and did I mention absent parents?
Kids today don't want to study (I am speaking from what I see). To many, education is a wall, a barrier; it becomes an obstacle and prison that keeps them from making some cash.
Who would have thought that education is becoming taboo in many communities... where parents make their 18 years work and then what?
Ohh... they become managers of some chain restaurant and never go beyond there.
No there is nothing wrong with being a manager anywhere... someone's gotta do the job right? But this is the question I ask....
Would someone with an education do the job better? Or at least have better skills?
Back to teaching...
WOW... is all I have to say... once the shock of realizing that I grew up in a bubble passed.. well I can say I got down to business.
The art of teaching is complex... it is enriching and yet heart breaking. My students live through situations that I only saw on the 9o'clock news; but they have the heart to continue their lives and go above and beyond their present lives.
I will end this with saying that I love teaching.
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