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Feb. 8th, 2007
Feb. 8th, 2007 02:32 pm
A nice compliment
Two things:
First, I'm once again fully public. Since about mid-2006, I've been "Friends only," but I decided to hell with that. Over the weekend, for those who are interested, I'll be revealing some past posts (but not all) that I've made since I began teaching. Now on to other things:
As some of you know, I have a weird reaction to being complimented. On the one hand, I love the compliments. On the other hand, I get deeply embarassed by praise, even though I like it and I know I like it. It makes me uncomfortable. One of my administrators gets this, because she's the same way.
We were talking about the development of my abilities as a teacher a few minutes ago, as well as the extreme hours she's been putting in lately, and I mentioned that I've got a 30 year career ahead of me. I mentioned that I'd be happy to avoid the crazy hours and just be a classroom teacher for my whole career.
"No," she said. I gave her a look, and she said "You're too smart for that--you'll want more in a few years."
Now, I'm not sure I believe her--there are plenty of smart teachers who would rather not ever have to deal with writing grants, supervising 500+ (more like 2500 in most schools) kids and 20-80 teachers, dealing with districts and board meetings, and so forth. And there are teachers who remain in the classroom because it's what they love. But damned if I didn't like that she said it.
I also got beet red.
First, I'm once again fully public. Since about mid-2006, I've been "Friends only," but I decided to hell with that. Over the weekend, for those who are interested, I'll be revealing some past posts (but not all) that I've made since I began teaching. Now on to other things:
As some of you know, I have a weird reaction to being complimented. On the one hand, I love the compliments. On the other hand, I get deeply embarassed by praise, even though I like it and I know I like it. It makes me uncomfortable. One of my administrators gets this, because she's the same way.
We were talking about the development of my abilities as a teacher a few minutes ago, as well as the extreme hours she's been putting in lately, and I mentioned that I've got a 30 year career ahead of me. I mentioned that I'd be happy to avoid the crazy hours and just be a classroom teacher for my whole career.
"No," she said. I gave her a look, and she said "You're too smart for that--you'll want more in a few years."
Now, I'm not sure I believe her--there are plenty of smart teachers who would rather not ever have to deal with writing grants, supervising 500+ (more like 2500 in most schools) kids and 20-80 teachers, dealing with districts and board meetings, and so forth. And there are teachers who remain in the classroom because it's what they love. But damned if I didn't like that she said it.
I also got beet red.