“To parents who aren't educators, this may be hard to understand. Five days a week, we teach your kids. Joke with your kids. Console your kids. Praise your kids. Question your kids. Beat our heads up against a wall about your kids. Gush over your kids. Laugh with your kids. Worry about your kids. Keep an eye on your kids. Learn about your kids. Invest in your kids. Protect your kids. Love your kids.
We would all take a bullet for your kids. It’s nowhere in our job description. It isn’t covered in the employee handbook. It isn't cited on our contracts. But we would all do it. So, yes—please hug your kids tonight—really, really tight. But on Monday, if you see your kids’ teacher, hug them too."
This quote was said in regards to the Newtown Elementary School shooting on December 15, 2012. Not only has it reminded me how fragile life is, but what I am about to enter into. For those who don't know me, my name is Nancy and I'm about to enter into my last semester of college and my first semester of student teaching. This blog is created for you to follow all of my adventures as I learn the ways of the middle school and high school math classrooms and students. I hope to mainly use this blog as a way to remember and track my growth--to remember the good times and all the crazy things kids say and do while pushing through the hard, annoying times. That's where this quote comes back into play. It speaks the words of my heart--that I truly love kids and will do my best to be there for them always. A classroom is not only for informational and academic learning, but it is for learning how to live in this world, relationally, emotionally, psychically, academically, financially, and most importantly, individually.
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