I Want to Teach Forever: Why would I want to teach forever?
Why would I want to teach forever?
"...and that's why I Teach for America!"
A running joke among my fellow Teach for America alumni dates back to our initial training in Houston two years ago. During the closing ceremonies, they had a segment where some corps members came on stage and told an amazing story of how they had made some incredible impact in a student's life. Each story ended with "...and that's why I Teach for America!" The stories were great and inspirational, but that tag line was just silly.
And so it became a good thing to put at the end of some sort of ridiculous assertion or story in our own teaching experience (i.e. "Today my students told me that the most important thing they had learned this year is not to piss The Sir off... and that's why I Teach for America!") It serves as a little reminder of why we all signed up in the first place.
You gave me the inspiration to start writing again.
Those eyes filled with inspiration. As we talked about my academics I couldn't help but wonder what lied behind those eyes. I felt like if there was a brick wall that wouldn't let me enter in his world while, all the time he made me brag about mine. Why should he take an interest, why should he care? I have not showed the same gratitude he has shown me. I have treated him like an outsider but, I still wonder why I should let him in if in a short time I would be gone and he would not even think twice about me after I leave out those glass doors. As I walk away would he wonder what has and, what will become of me? If I would be okay? If I were to start thinking negative would I find someone to confide in? As all these thoughts ran around my mind, I wondered what would become of him and know that at least I would have the memory of him being there for me.
I want to teach forever.