Teacher

CSo for the first time in five years, I did not head to school to start a new year. I didn't wake up, pick a cute outfit out, and see smiling (or crying) faces of students as they came back to school. Well, I did pick out a cute outfit. 

Did I miss it? Definitely. I love the noise. That I can hear the noisy students makes me happy and spurs me to be a better teacher. 

But...now, I am not a teacher.  And it hurts to say that. I love working with technology and in some ways, I am still "teaching"; it's just not in a student based environment. I don't think I could ever not teach. 

Anyway, it started as a sad day, then went to a busy day with interjections from teacher friends keeping me up-to-date on the happenings at school. Who knows how it will end? 

On another note, I have written today. And, here's a teacher bot that kept me company today to remind me that I will always be a teacher at heart. 

The teacher bot was a part of Meg Frampton's Chandler the Robot collection. 

An End and A Start

As my sister said, "It's the end of an era and the start of something new." This was in response to my non-excitedness (yes, I know- not a word) about moving and changing jobs. That's great and all but what about feelings? Can I not be sad to leave teaching? Or feel trepidation about starting an entirely different line of work? I mean, it's not like I'm just switching to retail. No. I'm talking about moving from teaching (French and technology) to being IT support for websites. Yes, they are both a type of language, but a completely different mindset. 

Don't get me wrong. I am excited to be trying something new - and something I've found a passion for since I've been doing the school's website. I 💙 technology and figuring out problems. I just also love teaching and being around the kids all day. Their minds are crazy fun watch learn.  

Maybe someday I'll be back to teaching... eventually.  I've found - in just the first few days - I don't particularly like working until 5. I like getting off at 3.30 and having holidays (um... like the summer! What am I supposed to do next year? Work all day instead of pooling it up???). Though it is nice to not take work home with me.  

This post may seem like I'm complaining a lot or I don't like my new job (I haven't been here long enough to dislike it), but honestly, it's a post about even though I may seem like I'm not excited or anything, I can still be excited and sad - sad to be leaving my teaching job while looking forward to the new one. I just have to learn to adjust. And this may take a while. Who knows?

Oh. And I'm engaged. So stress level definitely isn't high, right? Wrong.