This post is not about technology, but it was a moving moment for my students and me.
The other day, one of my career-education students asked me about my history, specifically how I felt about teaching at a continuation school. I was very open about teaching at-risk students. This is the gist of the conversation: I love math, and I love to teach. I love seeing when a concept sinks in and students have that "AHA" moment. I love teaching kids to be responsible, and to help them see outside of their small sphere of influence. I love preparing them for their futures. I am grateful for the opportunity to teach. Most of all, I am thankful to my at-risk students, because they make me a better teacher. They have challenges that I didn't see at my other schools, and they need me to be creative, to be inventive, to make me want to work harder and longer hours, to be the best that I can be. I told them that their influence makes me a better person, and I thanked them for the opportunity to be their teacher. When I finished, half of them had tears in their eyes, they said that they felt very special... Days like that keep me going for a long, long time.
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