from Friday 3rd period

wrote this in a fit of reflection on Friday morning, third period…

being a teacher is…

beautiful & ugly
hard & easy
intense & moving
rewarding & frustrating
the hardest job ever
the best job ever
and every day I learn something new about my students and about myself

already in less than 3 hours at work I have:
1) had a student ask me why I didn’t send him a message back on his email yesterday
2) send two students to the office for discipline issues and then gotten letters of apology for both of them
3) talked with a student who immigrated here from Columbia two years ago about his experience starting school in the United States
4) Complimented one class for their very hard work cooperating with each other
5) Scolded 6 students and apologized for two scholdings.