Fish Sticks 78-122
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I believe that I left off at blazing my own trail. How true! This book does more than anything that I have encountered lately to illustrate a timeless point. Mountains out of mole hills have been made in the characters lives. If everyone would live by the golden rule which is the Samaritan IT, then we would all be fine. As usual, educational professionals are running around, dredging up trouble, when there is enough to do with just the normal amount of work that the students cause. I have enough to do preparing lessons and keeping the CO happy. I plan to do my job very well and not shirk. Just yesterday I had a parent with 3 children at this school tell me that I was the perfect teacher. She felt that I had great passion for my work and that she hoped that I would stay at this school long enough to teach all of her children. Our conversation was so positive that I smiled for the rest of the day. Every day or so I encounter an adult that has either had me as a teacher, or has had a child in my class. They invite me to their homes and include me in their personal lives. Many of these people consider me to be family. I wish for everyone that chooses education to be as fortunate as I have been in this profession. I had IT, as is expressed in the book Fish Sticks, when I decided to teach and have kept it all these years. I teach therefore I am, to turn a familiar phrase to my needs. You must believe that you are here for a purpose greater than the people that would try to spoil the experience. As is stated on page 117 of the book, Fish Sticks, " Many people talk about the importance of commitment, but commitment remains an abstraction until we take action. We demonstrate our commitment by taking the following actions: FIND IT LIVE IT COACH IT." This has been my mission for 28 years. I hope some day to know that everyone in the teaching profession is as successful as I have been in helping students, parents, and other teachers to be the best that they can be.
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