Sep 28th, 2009
A Teacher’s Job
Last night I had dinner with a friend of mine who is also a second grade teacher in College Station. She is a very creative, energetic and enthusiastic teacher, and I will often bounce ideas off of her about things I want to do in Normangee. But last night was different … she was very down and discouraged about her purpose as a teacher and the job that she has to do each day. As I sat and listened to her, I had to remind myself that before I became a principal, I was a teacher; and sometimes the struggles I faced as a teacher then were not fully understood by the school administration. The principals had been out of the classroom too long to truly understand my daily struggle.
There is a lot I could say about the job of a teacher, but in essence, what I’d like to say is that the teachers on our campus are “called” to their job. They love their students and feel a real burden for their success. They don’t walk about the door at 4:00 and stop thinking about their classrooms. Instead they take work home, ponder while they cook dinner, come up with ways to reach each kid, and more.
I hope my teachers realize how much I value their contribution and that I will do my best not to forget what it’s like to be them.
