Today is the last day of school and that always makes me be reflective and a bit sentimental. This is the end of year TEN! I am still filled with energy and passion. I think that becoming a mother has changed me over the last ten years to have more compassion for students.
As I was driving in to work today, I thought about the types of students that have grown to be my favorites. I love the hard working student who is eager to learn and strives for success. But more than that, I love the willing student who dislikes math. I like the challenge of taking a student who professes to "hate" math and by the end of the year being one (small) factor for their change into a student who has to work hard but now has confidence in their mathematical abilities and enjoys mathematics.
I feel excitement that I have chosen the correct career path. I truly love what I do. I love forming relationships with students and helping to teach them some life lessons along the way, not just drilling them with math. I still get refueled by the student who takes pride in their accomplishment of success and "finally gets it." Yes, this is why I still want to be a teacher!
Happy Summer!
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