School started today. And yes, I was dreading it for most of the summer, but I watched this video a couple weeks before it started and I was surprised to feel some excitement to start the year again. I taught all but one of the students interviewed in the film and most of them are pretty great. I hope I really am making a difference in at least one student's life or really teaching someone something that they will be grateful for later. If so, I guess it makes it all worth it. I also make a brief cameo appearance in the film. See if you can catch me!
Here's to another year....
4 comments:
Enjoy it!!!! Teaching grows on you and just wait, when you're not teaching anymore. I promise you'll miss it.
Oh and I saw you on the video! Is city academy a charter school?
Yes it is. It is a pretty interesting place to work and they do a lot of things differently, but in some critical ways it does a better job than most regular public schools, the biggest plus being small class sizes. I don't have any classes bigger than 22 students. It means I can really focus on each kid.
Did you audition for a speaking role, but got relegated to "Teacher thoughtfully flipping pages #3"?
Thank you City Academy, for knocking over the totem pole of popularity.
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