The lighter side of being a teacher

I have been a teacher for most of my adult life and believe me there were ups and downs, but nothing beats the feeling when you stand in front of a class and you see the light go up in one of your kid's eyes and you know that suddenly they make sense of what you have been trying to explain over and over again.

It is moments like those that make teaching worth while, helping kids, making them better people and knowing that they look up to you and that you play an important role in their lives.

You do not become a teacher because you know you are going to be able to afford to live in a mansion, drive the newest car or travel all over the world - you become a teacher because it is who you are and you are a sucker for punishment (hahaha).

                                            

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My own child had to go through school on her own - you know the story of the dentist's kids with rotten teeth? Pretty much the same thing, because you are always busy with other peoples' kids (which you start seeing as your own)

Like I said, ups and downs and tears and long hours and your soul being tired to an extend you have never experienced, starting to believe that murder is an option and will anybody really miss Johnny if you just tie him up and put him in the cupboard, but most of all a sense of glory to hear a child read better than he did in the beginning of the year, a child being thankful to have a save haven and a child whose heart you have touched and ends up becoming a teacher himself (even if he was one of those you were planning to get rid of his body without anybody's knowledge.)

I know that if you are a teacher you will understand exactly what I am talking about, so I thought I would find a few pictures to illustrate my point.

                                        

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I have this whole list every day and I start off being very positive to finish it but I swear that list gets babies - it just never ends.

                                                  

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A lot of my friends do not understand this ....Uhm it is easy, your papers in your office do not talk back...

                                                       

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Guilty as charged.  Usually to the embarresment of my own child and husband.

                                                          

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I love my kids, but I count the days

                                                  

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Not only at the end of the school year - most of the days,

But when all is said and done, this is the most true thing of it all...

                                    

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