What are teachers grateful for?

BUandBC82
Tue, 02 Aug 2011 21:16:44 +0000

I am just about to start my 29th year of teaching. Half of those years were spent teaching special ed in the public schools, and now I teach in a JrK classroom at a private school.

I love my work and am happy that I still look forward to seeing my students every day (or at least most days :)). I am my students’ first teacher at our school. It is my goal to introduce a love of school and a love of learning. I love my students’ curiosity, their trust, watching them learn and grow, and I love the happiness they bring to me on a daily basis. I know…that’s a lot of love, I am lucky.

Teaching has been a perfect career for me. Most of my time working in special ed was before my own children were born. When they were 4 and 6, I started working in the JrK-12 school that they attend/attended. I have been able to work and be with my kids. The best of everything!