It’s still worth it. The good parts outweigh the bad parts in the end. It’s just that there are misconceptions people have about teaching being an easy job.
I wish parents knew when they were crossing the line. I wish they knew that we have spent many years working on the craft of teaching, and we don’t do anything to spite their children.
When a child was caught cheating in my 8th grade English class (he had vocabulary answers written…
Parents are the worst.
Either they’re not supporting their child at home, or they’re blaming me for their child’s grade.
Recently had a parent who wanted me to email them every single item I graded of their child’s, and when I suggested opening the lines of communication with their…
I have struggled with anxiety and depression since I was a teenager. My orange cat, Fred, always knows when I’m having a hard day. For example, this past week my 8 month old goddaughter was in the hospital, so my anxiety was high. And I was dealing with stress from work. I’m a teacher…
"And the ashes blew towards us with the salt wind from the sea."
Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
"I just waited a bit, then turned back to the car, to drive off to wherever it was I was supposed to be."
Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro
"I lingered round them, under that benign sky
"We have lingered in the chambers of the sea
By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown
Till human voices wake us, and we drown."
From "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by TS Eliot
"Love's the boy stood on the burning deck
trying to recite "The boy stood on
the burning…
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