Reasons Why Teaching is the Best Job in the World
1) Your day as a teacher is rarely, if ever, dull.
2) Kids are brillant, funny, and endlessly surprising.
3) Even when you're having your worst day-- you have a cold, a headache, the flu, cramps, or you're so grumpy you want to growl at the next person who talks to you-- all it takes a smile from a kid to remind you how beautiful the world is.
4) You can reference Spongebob SquarePants and no one tells you to grow up already.
5) Kids get to make you laugh.
6) You get to make kids laugh.
7) You're teaching a unit on the Civil Rights Movement and, later, a group of students who feel they have been punished unfairly are seen on the recess yard linking arms and singing "We Shall Overcome." And you're so proud you start to cry.
8) Sometimes it's so hard and so tiring and you mess everything up...but then there's the next day, and you get to try all over again.
9) You meet the most amazing people.
10) You learn there is something awe-inspiring, fascinating, and wonderful about every kid.
11) You honestly hear yourself use the phrase, "Watch it! You're going to put someone's eye out."
12) You learn how to have buckets upon buckets of patience.
13) You get to stall the progression of time. It's like living in Never Never Land.
14) You feel useful every single day.
15) You get to be taller than at least SOME of the people in the room.
16) You get to be a storyteller.
17) You get to watch the joyous reaction of a student who has just learned something new or mastered a new skill. It's great to see them proud of themselves.
18) You learn from the kids how to notice the little things.
19) It's trite, but true: You truly are making a difference in someone's life. Whether you're helping them resolve out a personal dilemma, teaching them long division, or showing them how to use a compass, you're making an impact.
20) There are those moments when the kids blow your mind with some brillant and profound statement- when they come out with something wiser than what is said by all the politicians in this country put together. And I'll tell you, it happens all the time.
2) Kids are brillant, funny, and endlessly surprising.
3) Even when you're having your worst day-- you have a cold, a headache, the flu, cramps, or you're so grumpy you want to growl at the next person who talks to you-- all it takes a smile from a kid to remind you how beautiful the world is.
4) You can reference Spongebob SquarePants and no one tells you to grow up already.
5) Kids get to make you laugh.
6) You get to make kids laugh.
7) You're teaching a unit on the Civil Rights Movement and, later, a group of students who feel they have been punished unfairly are seen on the recess yard linking arms and singing "We Shall Overcome." And you're so proud you start to cry.
8) Sometimes it's so hard and so tiring and you mess everything up...but then there's the next day, and you get to try all over again.
9) You meet the most amazing people.
10) You learn there is something awe-inspiring, fascinating, and wonderful about every kid.
11) You honestly hear yourself use the phrase, "Watch it! You're going to put someone's eye out."
12) You learn how to have buckets upon buckets of patience.
13) You get to stall the progression of time. It's like living in Never Never Land.
14) You feel useful every single day.
15) You get to be taller than at least SOME of the people in the room.
16) You get to be a storyteller.
17) You get to watch the joyous reaction of a student who has just learned something new or mastered a new skill. It's great to see them proud of themselves.
18) You learn from the kids how to notice the little things.
19) It's trite, but true: You truly are making a difference in someone's life. Whether you're helping them resolve out a personal dilemma, teaching them long division, or showing them how to use a compass, you're making an impact.
20) There are those moments when the kids blow your mind with some brillant and profound statement- when they come out with something wiser than what is said by all the politicians in this country put together. And I'll tell you, it happens all the time.
posted by Rebekah at 3:25 PM
3 Comments:
I'm loving your blog! There is so much here to think about. I'm very very very excited to see where this goes when you are in Costa Rica. Keep writing.
love.
Karly
I'm reminded of Richard Dawkins's comment (or was it W. D. Hamilton who said it?) about how Americans call their children "young goats." But then, "children" seems so childish and patronizing... Unfortunately, it ain't too difficult to be wiser than all the politicians rolled into a ragged ball of parti-colored yarn - Souvent, les enfants sont plus sages que le sage le plus sage!
Beka,
I agree with everything you said. This is why those kids you've been teaching have been so lucky to have you as their teacher. It's interesting that you wrote this on my mom, your grandmothers birthday. She also felt that she was able to enter into a very special world when she was teaching children. She would have loved reading your blog! We are so looking forward to reading more as you begin your new life and adventures in Monteverde and we'll write to you too... love you so much, Irene
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