Support is something everything needs. I feel my supports are not object but there are multiple people.
My biggest supporter is my husband Bryant. He is there threw think and thin. There are many times I come home stress out because I have so much work to do. He is the one that keeps me calm.
My second supporter for my career is my co-workers. They are always there for me. Giving me ideas to do with the children. They are also their as a resource when I need help.
I also believe Facebook is a big support to me. There I connect with past classmates and professsors. It is nice to stay in contact with them.
With out any of the people above I feel I would not be as strong of a teacher I am now. We are all who we are and our supports have been the ones to help is get where we are. If it was not for them the impact might of been me giving up. Especially this past year I had a really challenging year.
To come up with a challenge that I have not faced yet is very hard. I know there are many more challenges to come but I can not think if them. This past year I had a death of a dad in my classroom, a child being taken out of her home, a child that hurt me and my co-worker that we had to be seen by a doctor, a parent accusing me and my co worker of things, parents in prison and a parent going to jail for a few weeks. So even though there are many challenges ahead of me I can not really think of any that I have not faced. This past year was rough but I would not have it any other way. It just made me a better teacher. I now know things I could have done differently and things that I did good. So my supports for all these challenges were the above ones listed.
Cheryl, Thank you for your kind and wonderful words. To loose a family member or close friend is always hard but to loose a child, I didn't know how to feel. My circle of supporters have always been there for me and now that I'm engaged, I have a new and very close supporter. You are so correct in saying that there are many more challenges that we will face. My prayer is that all educational professionals will have the strength to deal with it. In so many ways we are very vulnerable working with kids. We can do all the right things, play by the rules, go above and beyond, but you never know when a parent, child, co-worker or who, will make a complaint or accuse you of having done something that you didn't do. I know that our love for our chosen professions will out weigh all the impossible and unknown things that will come our way. We just have to stay the course and be strong. Thanks for being such a caring classmate.
ReplyDeleteHi Cheryl,
ReplyDeleteMy biggest supports are also people in my life. We can always do without things, but it would be difficult to live without the support of family, friends and co-workers. I agree that challenges are always difficult to handle, but they do teach us and make us stronger. -Mary