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Rick - Mar 28, 2014 9:01:55 am PDT #23835 of 30000

I stood up in school and said that when I grew up, I wanted to be an educational consultant, like my mom. I still barely know what she actually does!

My kids (turning 4 in a couple of weeks) know that their parents are professors but they don't know quite what that is. They do have teachers at their university-based preschool though, and one of their older and more sophisticated classmates helpfully explained that "a professor like a teacher except you don't teach anything," which is pretty close to the view held by our skeptical state legislators.

Kat - Mar 28, 2014 9:04:40 am PDT #23836 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Noah said he wanted to be a teacher and when both of teacher-moms heard we convinced him otherwise. Grace wisely decided she wanted to be a nurse or a doctor (though she will need math for that, so...).

msbelle - Mar 28, 2014 9:07:18 am PDT #23837 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

mac has been to work with me at the last 4 jobs. He thinks work is for the birds. Can't say that he is wrong.

msbelle - Mar 28, 2014 9:07:22 am PDT #23838 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
hippocampus - Mar 28, 2014 9:08:08 am PDT #23839 of 30000
not your mom's socks.

Rick I think your statement is completely accurate.

Kat - Mar 28, 2014 9:12:33 am PDT #23840 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

You know what's funny, I complain about work all of the time and I'd prefer to live a life of leisure (who wouldn't?!) but I also genuinely enjoy my job and feel a sense of deep rooted fulfillment around it. I don't love the need to work, I guess, but I love what I do.

And this year? I have learned a ridiculous amount. I'm teaching Grapes of Wrath for the first time (a book I have hated since high school) and damned if I'm not enjoying the book and the teaching. I taught 1 Their Eyes Were Watching God, a book I promised myself to never teach, and again, loved it.

I'm teaching 1 Macbeth which has been 100% fun (even though I've taught it before) and I taught a slew of short stories that were great.

I feel like this year, 16 years in, I'm still learning and I guess that is what makes my job enjoyable, even when the stuff outside of that makes me nuts.

Kat - Mar 28, 2014 9:13:07 am PDT #23841 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
tommyrot - Mar 28, 2014 9:15:05 am PDT #23842 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Wow, b.org is really slow for me right now. I've been clicking on links on b.org and then doing some work for a bit before checking back to see if the page has loaded yet.

Kat - Mar 28, 2014 9:15:23 am PDT #23843 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

What is absolutely the pits, though, is grading.

tommyrot - Mar 28, 2014 9:17:08 am PDT #23844 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

After I posted that, suddenly b.org is really fast.

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