Through social media I have been able to get back in touch with some of my students. I taught them when they were 10 years old and they are now adults. I was so happy to get in touch with a few of them and I am so proud of all they are aspiring to be in their lives, it is just wonderful. After writing back and forth with a couple of my former students I realized how much I miss that time in my life. I was 21 when I started teaching and I taught until I was 28 and had my son. I was a good teacher. I loved my job and it showed. Even though I loved it then, I am not sure there is room in my life now for teaching. Things are different in the world of education now with common core and I am not sure if I could teach that way. I immersed myself in my job, my job was my life. Now things are different, now I have an 8 year old and a 2 year old with Down Syndrome so I couldn’t do a job like that anymore and give my all to it.
Am I happy to never return to teaching? Maybe. I can find other things in my life to be good at. I am happy that I was able to help a few kids during my years of teaching, I am glad I was able to guide them and hopefully teach them a few things that have helped them in their lives. Right now my focus will be my kids. Luckily I have the background to possibly homeschool them if I need to one day. To all my students I hope you all succeed at anything you put your hearts and minds to, may you always follow your dreams, may you become all I knew you would be.
