What is "teaching"?
Teaching is not always about clean whiteboards and working projectors. It's not always about perfect lesson delivery or on the ball agendas. It's about the individual students who sit in front of you day in and day out. It's about that one student who has never missed a day of class and then one day, she's gone. No explanation, no notice... All you can do is wonder and pray... It's about that student who although he can be a pain in the butt, can make you smile in one sarcastic comment. It's about the everyday prep blocks and lunches spent consoling one student, feeding another one who forgot his lunch money, giving a makeup quiz to another student who was gone for a week due to a death in the family, while at the same time, trying to get your ELL students to get their work done. Again, all during lunch and prep!!! I'm not complaining, I'm explaining. Teaching is about loving, understanding, and connecting with your students. Teaching is about getting ...