Today may have been my last day in the classroom…my new supervisory duties will definitely preclude my teaching next year, and the prospects after that are mixed, as are my feelings. I have really loved working with kids in the classroom for the past 20 years. They never cease to amaze me in ways good and bad. But while I’m sincerely going to miss the interaction and the fun and the honor of teaching them, there are a few things I’m not going to miss, like the time investment needed to do a good job (and the little voice at the end of each term that the job wasn’t good enough,) like the Sunday night stress that comes along with trying to plan the week ahead, or like the papers (or posts) that made me wonder why I became an English teacher in the first place. I feel blessed to have had the opportunity to teach at a school that supports creativity and risk, and I feel equally lucky to have a new role that has really reinvigorated me in many ways. I’m sure I’ll find opportunities to work with kids in the future (there is much blogging to be done,) but for now, I can honestly say I’m looking forward to the break.
As someone who may soon be leaving the classroom for the world of adminstration, your post rings very true. Who knows… maybe the fall iteration of our blogs will all be about how administration and blogging works…