I feel very blessed today. I am feeling physically ill and am scheduled for a much needed dental procedure in the morning, but I feel fine otherwise. Life, for me, is good. Mostly because of what I get to do all day.
Currently, I am watching the rain while 11 and 12-year-olds are running Yoga Club for me. They are walking each other through our poses to the sounds of relaxing music. One of my Drama students just asked to play a quick round of Improv. I teach at an IB school.
Today, my 6th graders read two poems as master texts and wrote poems in the same styles for the poetry books they are creating. They took books from my bookcases and searched for two minutes for literary techniques and wrote the examples on the board as a mini-review. Then they taught me the poem I assigned for reading over Spring Break. I teach at an IB school.
My Drama students planned the filming schedule for their independent film projects demonstrating their perspective of aesthetics, got to know everyone in the class a bit better by finding a compare/contrast detail for each student, and in small groups categorized words that exemplify characteristics of ideal learners, presenting their results to the class and providing their rationale. I teach at an IB school.
Every day I watch these young people become more tolerant, self-assured, resourceful, and gracious.
Every day I leave work feeling satisfied and relaxed, almost as though I hadn't been working at all.
Yet I have. I have to satisfy not only district and state requirements, but those of myself and the IB world school community. I am sitting at my desk right now as a volunteer. My work is never done, and I am constantly adding more things to my to-do list. Nonetheless, I am lucky enough to do what I feel like I was born to do: create a more peaceful world through literature. I teach at an IB school. Yep, life is pretty darn good.
