TeacherLady

Sunday, March 18, 2007

Teach me patience
Teach me kindness
Teach me to see

through my blindness

Teach me my strength
Teach me my joy
You are my teacher, darling boy

Posted by TeacherLady at 10:25 AM

TeacherLady: I'm tired of people telling me what a saint I am for teaching in the public school system. I'm not! I teach for entirely selfish reasons. I get paid to read. I get paid to hassle teenagers--so much fun. I get paid to take my summers off. I get paid to yell. I get paid to grade papers during staff development seminars. I get paid to stimulate creativity. I get paid to encourage thought. I get paid to find things out. I get paid to do new things every day. I get paid to do something that is good and necessary--teach my darling, lazy, maddening, curious students to read and write competently. I never have to wonder if what I do makes a difference. I never have to rationalize my career. I am NEVER bored. I teach because I love it.