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Mar 4, 2009

Just one of those days...

Have you ever had weeks filled with days when you get home at 9PM every night because you stayed at school to grade, lesson plan, unit plan, differentiate, create assessments, meet parents, call parents, file, make copies, complete paperwork, organize, etc. etc. etc. every night for the past x amount of nights and when you get home, all you have time to do is eat, shower and sleep? You know...like you eat, breathe, live teaching, teaching, and more teaching?

Well...this is one of those weeks for me.

But tonight, I think I'm going to make it one of those "The World Will Not End if I Leave Those Piles of Papers Ungraded/Don't Respond to that Email/Haven't Cracked My Textbook for Grad School Yet/Haven't Edited that Flyer Due Tonight" kind of nights...

I need and/or deserve it.

Elaboration on Staying in Teaching

Today was the first time I seriously considered staying in teaching, because this boy emailed me this morning saying,

"How often do you feel inspired? Daily, hourly, weekly, monthly?"

And I sat for a moment and thought....

Then I emailed back:

"All the time."

It's so true! I feel inspired to be better and do better and try different things all the time. Even on the pot. Just kidding. (I always wanted to say that..."Even on the pot"). That means on the toilet, right? I heard someone say it once.

I feel inspired AS A TEACHER. I automatically related it to my career. Maybe because I was in my classroom when I received and responded to the email, or maybe because teaching is my life now and whenever I'm inspired, it's for teaching.

Which is not a bad thing.

Is teaching my destiny?

Today my principal said, "You think you're going to be a lawyer or a doctor, but you're going to be the most amazing principal ever! Except better because I'm going to get better and I'm going to tell you about all my mistakes and what to do to avoid them!"

And how did I respond?

Me: "I know...I know...I want to be you sometimes."