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I know we're all anxious to finish this semester and reap the rewards of a whole school year's worth of hard work in May. I also know that as teachers we may be plagued with the insecurity that students may plateau or regress without us. We can only hope that they get good teachers next year, have a solid support group, and develop self-reliance.
But good teaching doesn't end when summer comes, and I'm sure we've all made enough of an impression in our students' lives to keep them going. I just can't wait for us to see our kids 5 or 10 years from now being the great adolescents/young adults we know are in there!
I also hope WE and our students remember that though difficulties will be inevitable in the future, "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm" (Winston Churchill, http://thinkexist.com/quotations/graduation)
I agree. Love the Churchill quote too! I fully expect to see our students enjoying reading, and hopefully embracing it as a hobby! Indeed we can only hope that in future years, other literacy loving folks will continue to inspire our students.
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ReplyDeleteDo you remember that old saying "Keep on Truckin"?? that what I got from your image and post. Yes I agree that despite times of difficulty we must keep going with much enthusiam! I'm so glad we have each other to share both our success and diffiuclties, take it with a grain of salt and move on. We're such a positive group, I love it! Thank you for sharing.
Christine,
ReplyDeletenot only did I make the wrong post on your blog, I also did it on Erik's!! Boy this is really not my day!! But like I said on Erik's blog, the sentiments are the same!
Your comments put a smile on my face, because I started teaching many moons ago, and some of my first group of students are now teachers, too. Hopefully, I was one of those who inspired them to be "dispatchers" of literacy, as well.
ReplyDeleteYou are such a compassionate teacher who cares about the well-being of your students. As teachers, we not only remember our many students in the long run, but those that made us learn from our jobs.
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