Tomas Morrissey - Wed Dec 10 17:44:45 2008

Why teach?  This is a question many college students tumbling through their senior years will be asking themselves.  I don't really know if I have the right answer to such a question, but one reason that sticks out in my mind is:

It is a difficult job.  Teaching, at least for me, has not been easy.  It has been an evolving processes since the first day in the summer school classroom.  I've always enjoyed challenges, and problems.  Teaching presents both, sometimes overwhelmingly.  So far, I think I have gotten close to the solution in Algebra II, and I feel that I am getting closer with Transitions to Algebra (although my third period class today may argue that last point).  While some days I feel like curling up in a ball and hoping that a freak snow storm cancels the next day of class, when it comes down to it, I constantly feel a need to improve my class, because the better my class is, the more my kids will learn.  So its been a constant process, a constant tweaking of the classroom, and I enjoy that dynamic.  Eventually, I will tweak less and things will run more smoothly, and although I will probably enjoy the job more once all the wrinkles are gone, it is the ironing process that makes me better.