An Unexpected Joy

Looking back at my time preparing to become a teacher, I realize I was very naive about something. Back then, I thought that all a teacher had to do was teach. I knew there would be occasional meetings but I figured those would just be informational, not additional work. I have only been teaching for a year and one quarter but I've quickly learned there is so much more to teaching. There are committees to evaluate curriculum, committees to rewrite curriculum, committees to focus on the mission of the school, and many more committees. I'm in too good of a mood to focus on those things though. Rather, I want to tell you about a different, unexpected part of teaching that I have grown to enjoy. I have really enjoyed working with the parents of the students in my class. I never gave much thought about working with parents prior to teaching but I am beginning to realize how important working with parents is. I really enjoy working alongside parents who really want to help their child. I know that I have been blessed by having great parents to work with but I truly have enjoyed that aspect of teaching more than I could have imagined. Here is an example of some of the parents helping out with our first grade food group lunch.

There is also another picture I took in my WWKD campaign. The Dominican Republic has some excellent iron work. I think that it is because they have so much practice working with iron considering all of the bars on windows and gates that surround the city.