So, a little over a month later I am back. Apparently my newly rekindled love for blogging had a short shelf life. So we try again. I recently joined a group of teachers at my school to be part of a leadership team that helps learn and teach new strategies to our campus. I think it will overall be a good experience although it has taken a bit more time then I first had anticipated. Anyways, the point is that we had our first meeting last week and we were presented with three questions:
1) Why are we in this line of work?
2) Why do you do what you do everyday?
3) What does success in this job look like?
First of all, I had a hard time distinguishing between the first two questions, but even aside from that I had a hard time answering them.
At first, I started in with all the cliches... I want to make a difference, I love kids and all that jazz, but honestly it has to go deeper than that because this job is rough and not the most profitable for the amount of time spent, but yet I come back every year. I was only given a few minutes to think about it, but even if I had more time, I think my answer would be the same. My ultimate goal in life is to share God's love with others and glorify Him. I am not sure exactly how I ended up teaching, but now that I am here that is what motivates me everyday. I am really glad I was able to remember that because it is so easy to get bogged down by other goals teachers hold dear - getting the best data, making money, controlling your classroom etc. But the main thing I should focus on is loving these kids and helping them become the best people they can by the end of this year. Day to day my goal is to teach them math, but not just so my data looks good, but so that they can learn and grow and be more successful. I really do think that I become better and better at my job every year, but I still think I forget the most important part sometimes. Loving these kids and guiding them to be their best selves. Ok, that all I got. Just a reminder for myself. Hopefully I can see this later when my focus shifts, but thankfully I also have lovely friends who can call me out if needed. So friends, as always, please call me out when I get lost. As always, I appreciate it and appreciate you. Krafft out:)
