Posts Tagged ‘educators’
feel helpless, be a helper
If I Only Knew Then When I decided to take early retirement last October from my role as a high school counsellor/ teacher, I couldn’t have predicted the pandemic or its impact on the education system. Especially the untenable situation my longtime colleagues, friends and close family members who are educators, students and parents…
Read Morewhy i love being an educator
Despite the many roles I play in life, I spend most of my days at a school. With that comes moments of “are you sure you’re cut out for this line of work” only to be balanced with “I am one of the fortunate ones to love the work I do“. This often…
Read Morestudent, teacher, student
A four-leaf clover. In my front yard. On this day. A day of no work. A day of rest. The start of a sabbatical, of sorts. A day of sitting longer at the table after lunch and talking about everything and nothing. Laughing. Listening to the midday downpour through the screen door. A day…
Read Morethe power of a teacher
Throughout my youth, and especially around the time when I eleven years old, I can only assume it was often challenging for my mother to find time to arrange the extra-curricular lessons for the four of her six children born at that time. In the case of piano lessons, mine occurred during half of my…
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