(For those of you who are my random followers and don't know what TAP is, quick explanation time: TAP stands for Teacher Apprenticeship Program and it's offered at my school for students who are committed to a teaching career in the future. I'm in it, it's awesome, I've learned a lot, and best part is...from 1:00 to 2:30 I leave the high school to be at the middle school, working as a type of student teacher with a 6th grade English class.)
Today with my 6th graders, I taught a lesson about poetry. It was their first day of the poetry unit and so we were going over some basic terms and I asked them what it was called when a bunch of lines were grouped together. Someone gave the correct answer that it's called a "stanza" and I was about to move on when one little boy looked up at me in amazement and said, "A stanza...stanza...I NEVER knew that!"
Surprising them all, I threw my hands up in the air, dropped down to my knees, and exclaimed, "YES! I taught a student something! I AM NOW A SUCCESSFUL TEACHER!"
I received a hearty round of applause.
I love my kids. :)
Rachel, this post just reminded me how very much I love you. You are so enthusiastic about everything and such a strong, inspiring woman of God. I don't know whether you're planning to actually go into teaching - I think you'd be excellent at it, though! - but regardless of what you do in life, I know you are going to follow your calling and change lives, even in little ways like this. :) Love you, girl!
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