To the teachers... I wish for you to fall in love with some aspect of each student. Remember, it’s the students that are hardest to love, that need love the most. So if it’s to find the spirit, or essence, or spark, or whatever you call it that resonates for you, for you to connect with that place, even if only for a moment.I wish for your perspective to see beyond the piles of perpetual paperwork that wear away at our energy, time, and empathy–and maintain your focus on the expansion of the human spirit, on social justice, and on caring. I wish for you to be able to laugh about the classroom disasters and cry about some of the stories you’ll hear from your students. Your students—and the world—need both. I wish for you to remember everybody has bad days teaching sometimes, no matter how long they’ve been teaching and no matter how much it feels like it only happens to us. At the end of that day, allow yourself a few minutes to learn, then gently dust yourself off, make a cup of hot tea to drink in bed, and go to sleep knowing that, as Maya Angelou says, “You did then what you knew how to do and when you knew better…you did better.” Tomorrow, you’ll do better. Have a blessed year! Brittany Black Nickerson Valencia Tave Lizz Jordan LaKeisha Neal Marlene Adriana Ramirez Chelsey McCowan Charlotte Flores
Posted on: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 04:03:18 +0000
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