In 2007 I received my Secondary Teaching Credential, I was
advised by the university to complete my last Masters in Education class until
after I had been hired by a school. My
advisors found that districts hire more readily teachers without a Masters due
to funding and I was told that after I began a job I could come back and complete
the last course. They gave me a seven-year
time limit to return and finish my degree.
As you know, I left teaching soon after I started working at a high
school due to my disability being diagnosed that same year. Time passed and I
thought that being bipolar I would never be able to teach and I gave up on completing
that last class.
These past few months as I found a non-traditional school
where I work in a style that greatly benefits my disability I realized that it
was time to finish that last class. I sent
a request to the university to allow me to complete the last class even though
it’s been more than seven years and after a lengthy process I was approved to
return. In two weeks, I will be done and
finally receive my Masters in Education.
This quarantine will definitely be unforgettable because during the
whole stress of virtual teaching and social distancing a little good.
The biblical story of Job, has always held such a special
place in my heart- it propelled my reversion to the Catholic faith and
continues to inspire and teach me. I
thought that due to my disability I would never get to do what I worked so hard and
had set my heart to; but, just like Job, God has given me so much lately. I feel this sense of redemption! Even though
through circumstances out of my control I gave up many dreams, after so many
years God has redeemed all that suffering and return to me tenfold. Here’s what
I have been working on for my last Masters class, I used my Easter picture as a
symbol of something new:
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