First posted back in 2013…Almost ten years ago…I was close to my retirement in 2015… thirty-eight years dedicated to teaching young children…
Being reminded …
Teaching our children has always been impacted by the political climate…And back ten years ago… Funding definitely was an issue making our profession less of the regard it deserves…
And truthfully, even back when I began in 1972…We did have that critical moment because of the political policies of the sixties…
Integration and a strong focus on the young child were given that priority…
We were needed, and in demand!! We had so many of us wanting to become teachers…I was willing to travel ninety miles a day just to teach…
We had such Hope!!…I so believe, we go into teaching because it is a calling.. “our passion”…
Here we are, 2022…Our teachers are dealing with insurmountable obstacles… pandemic, staggered teaching… shortages with staff… political interference …
Yet, teachers still put their “Heart” into teaching!!
The joy I get from my children each year, has sustained me all these many years…
I have so loved their special writings and pictures; and personal, little notes…that some, I have even saved over the years…
That many of the momentos are displayed in my home and classroom that my children have given to me through the years…
I can even say that I do have a place setting for twelve, in “teacher mugs”…
I have truly loved reconnecting with former students, and I may still have that special momento they have given to me…
In fact, there are those special parents that I taught, now with their own children, at the very school where I am presently teaching first grade…
I feel such joy, I am still remembered…And see who they became!
All of which are part of my…World of Teaching, that resides in my heart and memory…
The joys of teaching are impactful… I feel so blessed to have touched their lives…
Janis Sexton...Teacher...Advocate 