Teacher Appreciation Week

Now I know that Teacher Appreciation Day isn't until next week, but for some reason all the stores, news, and restaurants are having their freebies and discounts today. Plus next week instead of getting to hang out with the kids who care enough to say thank you (which there are a lot more than I expected) I'm going to be stuck doing STAAR testing all week. And let me tell you, that's the worst possible way to say thank you to a teacher TEA!!!!

But I digress...

I always knew it was difficult being a teacher, because every teacher ever had no problem complaining about it, and I do too, so I'm carrying on the tradition lol. But now that I am a teacher I know all the struggles that go on behind the scenes. When things are falling apart in your own life, you still have to slap on a brave face and come to work and be the responsible adult to different packs of students.

In my own personal way, I want to say thank you to all the teachers who have helped guide me to where I am in life today. It's no mistake that I wound up being a teacher, and I know that I wouldn't be here teaching today if it wasn't for all of their hard work and good/bad examples. Yes there will be bad examples, because no one is perfect and I know I've royally screwed over some of my students too so judgement free zone and all that! I've had so many teachers that I know I will forget many of them, but I'm going to try and hit all the ones that I can remember and make sure that I give each person the time the deserve.

I will be breaking up teachers by school, so I'll make a post about all my elementary teachers, then I'll have one for middle school and then high school. I might make an additional post about college professors and some of my colleagues who are in need of appreciation too.