I have been avoiding blogging for quite some time. I felt like writing about all this coming to an end would turn my life back to reality that I am actually graduating Friday night and nothing is stopping that. 13 years ago I was blonde small girl on her first day of kindergarten. Back then the world was smaller and my dreams were silly things like going to Disney. Now I am 18 years old and my grade school days are ending. In my 13 years of school I have had many teachers. I have been taught and my knowledge has grown. Some of them were good and some of them were bad, but most all of them wanted me to succeed. I have learned a lot about life too on this journey. I have made friends, lost friends, and gained the best people I could have ever hoped for. Now I'm getting graduation presents and my senior picture is hanging in the hallway, it's getting closer. Friday night will not only be a ending, it will be a beginning. My life will never be how it is right now and that's quite scary. I am excited and nervous all at the same time. Friday night, here we come.
One day I'll get around to sharing the story about how I applied for and got my new job. I have to say that it most certainly is 100% credited to my Heavenly Father and his plan for my life. Often we don't see the things we need in life until things are put into our path that lead us in a different direction. For the purpose of this post I wanted to share some thoughts being on the outside of the beginning of a new school year. This is mostly for my teacher friends and those who start teaching this year so if you get bored, please do yourself a favor and stop reading. Being a teacher is a tough gig. Daily we make thousands of split-second decisions and impact people in ways we will never fully know the extent of. John Hattie once said, "know thy impact." Each day you'll strive to be better than the day before. You'll hope and pray that your babies (students) will learn something more than just "things." We'll hope and pray that they learn how t...
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