7 years ago I shared this, The Hardest Thing About Teaching, on my personal page. I taught high school English for 7.5 years and at least 7 of my students from those years have passed away. What They Don’t Tell You… In some ways teaching reminds me of pregnancy. You know, when you’re pregnant there …
A Final Lesson All Their Own Who was your Kindergarten teacher? 2nd grade? Middle school math? High school English? I bet you can tell me if you are 25. I bet you can tell me if you are 55, or 75, and every age in between. Teachers are heroes. They change lives and they go …
Teaching is a thousand things, like grains of sand that sift and fall. You could try, but you could never name them all. It’s the pull of the little hand that reaches for you down the hall, The smiles and laughs and cards and gifts, the parent who takes the time to call. It’s the …
