Monday, August 20, 2012

Starting anew

First long day of training over.  Time for a fresh start.

The pros:
     I love my school.
     So many great teachers that really care about helping their students.
     I'm really impressed with the new hires that are joining us this year.
     A new assistant principal.
     I'm feeling totally inspired about the opportunity I have and very optimistic about the coming year..

The cons:
     With all the hope and inspiration at times comes feelings of insecurity.  I wish I did more.  I wish I could help every student I have to feel like my classroom is a safe place.  I wish I could help them develop a love for learning and creating.  I feel this overwhelming responsibility to help all of my students not just graduate but become better people.  I feel like I have no idea what I'm doing at times and then ask questions like, "How on earth did I think I was qualified for this?"

Then I remember a phrase I read once:

"...if ye have desires to serve...ye are called to the work."

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