A person can have multiple dreams…
I love my job, just like some students don’t thrive in
traditional school some teachers also need a different teaching platform to
succeed. Until, I landed my job I didn’t
know schools like mine existed -where much of the learning happens in
independent study. I usually have five hour-and-a-half
appointments with groups of about six students at the time, during this time I
administer tests, answer questions, instruct and build rapport with my kids.
Then I teach one or two English classes the traditional way each semester. This format really works for me because I
work daily very closely with a small number of students at a time and then I only
need to prep for teaching two classes the traditional way with ten or more
students in it. For someone with bipolar
the low student count has been such a blessing not only in the regular
classroom, but daily with my student appointments. Yes, the majority of my students are credit deficient
due to poor choices or mental disabilities, but I love encouraging them and celebrating
each victory because they are not used to succeeding. Being bipolar and having to put on hold my
teaching dream also makes me relate to my students and I am just so thankful
that God gave me this opportunity.
While I love what I do for a living, I do have other
dreams. I would love to get married and
start a family. I think sometimes people
think that just because a person can love her job- that means that no more
dreams are able to continue to take place in her being. However, I also try to live in the moment and
right now I have this job where I serve teens that are struggling and I try to
be a light in their path guiding them to better pastures. Yet, the fact that I feel so blessed (after
ten years of putting my dream on hold for health reasons) doesn’t mean that I
am not a multi-faceted person with more dreams to bring to fruition. I am like a diamond with many sides and each
side has a dream to come. Yet, while I
work and pray for those other goals I also am enjoying the phase that I am at
right now.
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