My response to Trisha's Week 2 Reading Reaction follows her post here:
I wish that I had this book my first few years of teaching. I couldn’t except the fact that I did not reach every single student in my class. I took everything to heart and started to reconsider the profession I chose, the career that was “my calling” in life. I thought that I would never get past that and started to hate going to work everyday and would cry silently during my planning period. It wasn’t until one of my students through a fit about reading Shakespeare with the others joining in that I thought was the last straw. I got this moment of awakening, remembering the journey I made to get here, and how much I love literature, especially Shakespeare. “This is my passion”, I thought and decided to be myself and show my students that passion. The very next day (no exaggeration) that one student that had the fit, walked into my classroon waving a book in my face, shouting, “see! see! what have you done!... I am reading Hamlet!!!” I knew then what I needed to do everyday, SHOW MY PASSION! Stay true to myself so they will stay true to themselves.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
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Saturday, May 15, 2010 - 09:01 PM
I can see it now, "Damn you, teacher, because of you I learned something. Argh!" Too funny. And truthful.
Saturday, May 15, 2010 - 09:56 PM
Trisha,
I love what you have to say here. I feel too often that we are caught up in the bureaucracy of teaching that we forget why we're hear in the first place. You are so correct, especially for those of us who are secondary or specialty teachers. We got into teaching because we love our subjects, and the kids as well.
I'm sorry to hear that you had such a rough patch at the start of your career, but I'm very glad you toughed it out! There are many young teachers who would benefit from your sharing that you've had that experience, and you've done that here! It's good to know none of us are alone in our feelings.
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