My love of teaching is back. I suppose it never really left, but perhaps went dormant for awhile. It's funny how you can talk yourself into and out of things when the drama around it has you overwhelmed and frustrated. That's where I was last winter. But not anymore.
I have expressed in parts and pieces over the past few years, that my love for teaching has changed. Don't get me wrong, I loved the years I spent with little ones in 4th grade and my high school students. But at this point in my life, at this time in my teaching career, my love of teaching surfaces when I'm teaching college. I love the feel of a college campus, I enjoy the interaction with undergrads, and I really enjoy the content at this level.
There's this belief that college instructors want the graduate school classes. There's a level of prestige, I guess, having the credentials to be able to teach graduate school. I can see how down the line I might begin to feel that way. Although, the truth is, I have the credentials to teach graduate classes and I've taught a couple of them. But I so enjoy the undergrads!
It's time I figure out a way to do what I love all the time. There's nothing wrong with my job, and I love the agency I work in. But I don't spend the majority of my day doing what I most want to be doing. And that's gotta change.
I'm working on a plan.
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