I have doubted my decision to become a teacher previously, sure. I think that's pretty normal, for people to have second thoughts regarding decisions they make that will affect them forever. But this week, two things have made me realize that I probably did a pretty good thing, career wise.
Those two things are:
1. Seeing actual, physical proof that my work has had an effect on others. Clearly, I am not a teacher for money or fame or recognition. So recently, when I've been reminded that just the act of me going into work every day has actually changed some lives, it's been pretty fantastic. I was looking back at some videos from when I was in Korea and marveling over how well the kids could speak and it hit me... that I helped teach them that. Then again, I was looking at some work that some students did this year and I can't take much credit for it, but to think that I may have helped the kids gain an interest in some aspects of the English language (because I'm sick to death of hearing people say, "Why do we have to learn English? We can already talk it.") or to refine interest that was already there... well, that's pretty cool.
2. Summer vacation is awesome.
Awesome like learning to ride a bike.
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