I am “Thankful for my Teaching Position” for several reasons. I enjoy working with people in a helping capacity. Sometimes at the end of the day it does not feel like I have helped but over the course of weeks and months progress and growth can be observed. Like a traveler traveling to the East, the compass may not always point east, but eventually they do reach the east. It is great to see them gain understanding. I am also “Thankful” that I can still learn. The first time my children saw me as being smarter than a dinosaur was sometime after they graduated from College and were trying to establish themselves in their careers and lives, almost thirty and that was over ten years ago. Recently, while finishing up some NTI homework while they were at the house, they commented, “Dad you are getting smarter, going to school and teaching school has made you smarter”. I have a lot to be Thankful for!
Thanks,
RS in Alpharetta
Going back to school at my age was a little intimidating for me. But similar to you, I discovered that learning is still fun and can be accomplished at any age. N.T.I. has been a good experience for me. I have put to use in my classes so much of the knowledge I have learned from the N.T.I. classes. One thing I have learned is not to be a complete control nut about everything that goes on in the classroom. Therefore, there is less uptightness and stress for the students and me. The majority of my students are really there to learn. I give the students information and guidance and they have to do the rest. I remember my parents telling me while I was growing up that you never stop learning. Now, I know they were right.
ReplyDeleteRS,
ReplyDeleteYou said it on point. For a while there I feel like I have been losing one brain cell after another. But because of teaching, I have become a better student. Like you, I have kids who felt I don't know anything, it was simply because I was out of touch with their world, but teaching puts me in the middle of it so that my teenage IQ is now much higher. I hope that one day my kids, when older, will tell me I'm smart!