What a contrast this is from my last post. I waited for so long to leave the career of teaching, only to return a short 6 weeks later. I am in another Title I school, now teaching 4th grade. Why did I return to teaching when I obviously hated it so much? Well, it didn't take long for me to remember why I became a teacher in the first place. As I piddled in flowers and balloons in my alternate career (a florist), I couldn't help but feel a sense of emptiness. I thought about my children who needed me and who would be left for them if all the teachers felt like me and quit.
I'll share more about my experiences since returning. Nothing has changed. We still test, test, test. And then the teachers are required to sit around during "planning" to talk about the tests and data (rather than planning for what we should be teaching).
What's different? I have a little more patience for the obnoxious amount of work the school system requires me to do...little of which actually helps my students in any way.
More to come...
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