1. This was my first year as a full time High School teacher which has been very different. It was the first time I felt I actually got involved in the lives of my students (as much as a teacher can). Maybe that's the difference between being in the elementary school, or splitting my time between elementary and high school like last year, or maybe I just had a different attitude. I don't know what it was but I enjoyed the year immensely. I can actually say I loved all my students, even the ones that drove me crazy. I've said before that you must see teaching at Christian School like being in ministry, because the pay is crap if its just a teaching job.
2. I as so glad I'm not teaching science next year. With all apologies to my students, I didn't enjoy it much at all. That wasn't there fault, they were great and a whole lot of fun. I didn't feel qualified to teach them and I felt I let them down.
3. Our principal resigned after only a year. Gregg was a great leader for the teachers and he really cared about the students. In my mind its a big loss to the school. He was a great role model for me. And crap, I might have to start doing lesson plans again.
4. I get a little frustrated looking back on the year, because I see too many students that are like I was when I was a student at King's. Apathetic, especially spiritually, defensive. Standing where I do now, I forget that they are teenagers and I know that the way I was then does not define me forever, thank God. God does amazing things, i know that from experience.
5. I am so encouraged by the desire to know, serve and worship God. Comparing them to me at that age is humbling. The number of students willing to serve on mission trips, to complain about not enough chapel, etc. is amazing to me.
6. So next year there's a good chance I actually have a classroom. Frankly, wandering around from classroom to classroom really sucked.
Well that's a lot. I might add a part 2 later. God bless.
BTW, I ran it through spell check, so if there's any errors, get over it. I'm tired and have other stuff to do, so get over it!!!!
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