last night i volunteered at world peace cafe, as i do most thursdays, and with a mountain of plates and bowls and coffee mugs in the back, i found myself doing dishes for about an hour at the end of the night, while playing the "guess what each person's middle name is based only on the first initial" game with the other people in the kitchen (mine was the hardest to guess - and the most awesome, obviously). i hate doing dishes at home. but that's partially because it's required if i want to have a respectable looking house. at world peace i'm doing it because i've chosen to help an organization that is bigger than me, and they need it done. and it's better than cleaning the bathrooms, which was the other thing that needed to be done. so i did lots of dishes, and at the end of the night drove three buddhists home to the buddhist center where they live. did i see myself driving buddhists around when i started this job four months ago? no - no i did not. but now they are my friends, and i was happy to give them a ride home.
today? today is the friday before a three day weekend, and i have new whiteboard markers to use when giving notes on the board. and that's all it takes to make a teacher happy.
i'll leave you with this video, courtesy of one of my favorite blogs (again). you will only think it's funny if you watch "jersey shore" (aka "the trashiest show on television"), which i am not embarrassed to admit that i love. enjoy.
There is nothing like new whiteboad markers.
ReplyDeleteYou survived a five day work week? You had to work until 3:30pm every day? You had to take papers home to grade over your two-week Christmas break? You have to work 180 days a year? You only get nine weeks off during the summer? Well, welcome to the work world.
ReplyDelete(I hope those who read this and don't know me understand that the above comment does not reflect the real admiration I have for teachers).