I am thankful for the opportunity to address 22 nine- and ten-year-olds in my classroom. Few other jobs would allow me to affect the future in quite the same way as a teacher's. I take it very seriously, with the understanding that the children in my classroom, today, will be in the world, tomorrow.
They will not only be the doctors and politicians, they will be manufacturers, inventors, food producers, business owners, and service providers. They will be tax payers, voters, and worshipers. And in all of this, they will need the skills of responsible decision making, respectful citizenship, and honest leadership that I am providing for them in the fourth grade.
While you may see me teaching reading comprehension or algebraic reasoning, my job extends well beyond that - and, again, I am thankful for the opportunity.
They will not only be the doctors and politicians, they will be manufacturers, inventors, food producers, business owners, and service providers. They will be tax payers, voters, and worshipers. And in all of this, they will need the skills of responsible decision making, respectful citizenship, and honest leadership that I am providing for them in the fourth grade.
While you may see me teaching reading comprehension or algebraic reasoning, my job extends well beyond that - and, again, I am thankful for the opportunity.
