Every new school year starts with the same bright hope... that this year will be THE year- the year that I will touch the minds and hearts of ALL my students- that I will be able to help my students find the strength to earn wisdom and discover the wonder that is inside each and every one of them. This may sound like the unrealistic dreams of a starry eyed ingenue, but it's not! It's the completely heartfelt wish of a seasoned professional (in the classroom for 23 years:)! So join me, my fellow dreamers, on my quest to TEACH ALL THE KIDS ALL THE THINGS! We'll rant; we'll rave; we'll laugh; we'll cry, and in the end we'll learn and grow and be better than we were before. And.... we even have a theme song~ sing it loud with me now!
To dream the
impossible dream
(to teach ALL the kids ALL the things!)
To fight the unbeatable foe
To fight the unbeatable foe
(This era of TESTING really must GO!)
To bear the unbearable sorrow
To bear the unbearable sorrow
(This era of TESTING really really must GO!) Is it cheating to use that twice? NO!
To run where the brave dare not go
To run where the brave dare not go
(the teacher's restroom by room 19)
To right the
unrightable wrong
(the use of textspeak in essays)
To love pure and chaste from afar
To love pure and chaste from afar
(all the new pedagogy books we don't have time to read)
To try when your arms are too weary
To try when your arms are too weary
(from hauling boxes of papers home to grade)
To reach the unreachable star
To reach the unreachable star
(that student so beaten down by 5th grade that he/she has already capitulated)
This is my quest
To follow that star
No matter how hopeless
No matter how far
To follow that star
No matter how hopeless
No matter how far
To fight for the right
Without question or pause
To be willing to march into Hell
Without question or pause
To be willing to march into Hell
(and staff meetings and parent conferences)
For a heavenly cause
For a heavenly cause
(to be my students' advocate)
And I know if I'll only be true
To this glorious quest
To this glorious quest
(no one can doubt that I've given my best)
That my heart will lie peaceful and calm
When I'm laid to my rest
That my heart will lie peaceful and calm
When I'm laid to my rest
(rest??? what rest?)
And the world will be better for this
(I really really hope!)
(I really really hope!)
That one [teacher], scorned and covered with scars
Still strove with his last ounce of courage [character, communication, criticqal thinking, and creativity]
To teach the unteachable standard
Still strove with his last ounce of courage [character, communication, criticqal thinking, and creativity]
To teach the unteachable standard
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