tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post4645719169501919378..comments2024-03-27T23:07:45.167-04:00Comments on The AC is On: Minor Job ShiftingAnvilcloudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07974744042579564912noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-82547779157941418792016-09-20T22:10:20.376-04:002016-09-20T22:10:20.376-04:00I have always enjoyed reading and writing but Engl...I have always enjoyed reading and writing but English classes in high school were never inspiring and I hated the essay questions on exams. I always had trouble guessing what the teacher was looking for in themes, especially with sight essays and poems. You describe yourself as a teacher who listened to students- no wonder you excelled. ( I always enjoyed geography as it was concrete)Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15892804871759397018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-19094810255879912552016-09-17T12:51:15.461-04:002016-09-17T12:51:15.461-04:0030 years? Wow! That's very impressive! I was i...30 years? Wow! That's very impressive! I was in the same 1st grade classroom in the same school for 19 years. You'd think I would have gotten tired of it, but it was like home to me. I can see why you'd be an excellent teacher of everything.Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07461569436322815787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-88460031593247692682016-09-15T15:34:55.463-04:002016-09-15T15:34:55.463-04:00I can easily picture you as a cracking good Englis...I can easily picture you as a cracking good English teacher. So was I. Only my teachable Minor was, um, Latin. I taught one year of Grade 10 in that.<br />In my book, the best English teachers encourage discussion, in spite of the Principal's wish for quiet, gum free classrooms.MARY Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178370815712313585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-38289597492148013582016-09-15T15:15:39.828-04:002016-09-15T15:15:39.828-04:00Amazingly, I loved it..... that is the key word. O...Amazingly, I loved it..... that is the key word. One should enjoy what one is doing.Haddockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11573906991666088642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-73661278476502784252016-09-14T17:07:01.275-04:002016-09-14T17:07:01.275-04:00Did your love of photography come after you retire...Did your love of photography come after you retired? I can see where you were an English teacher by what you share in between photo shoots.<br />If the students approved you must have been good.Ginniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12749133391349265563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-44036487683442075422016-09-14T16:34:24.837-04:002016-09-14T16:34:24.837-04:00I wasn't so keen on English, but I did love hi...I wasn't so keen on English, but I did love history. I ended up teaching first grade, so it ended up being the best decision for me because I could teach all subjects. Congratulations on your teaching career- that is really something to be proud of! Coloring Outside the Lineshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15289093479063221765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-75514758667873943962016-09-14T14:01:54.298-04:002016-09-14T14:01:54.298-04:00I"ve heard it said that life is what happens ...I"ve heard it said that life is what happens to you while you are making plans. <br /><br />Doesn't sound to me like you have serious regrets. Any teacher with great language skills is a treasure indeed, and certainly you've been that. The Geezershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12132213545989946724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-34812229109421113432016-09-14T13:21:09.313-04:002016-09-14T13:21:09.313-04:00Interesting. My career had a similar social studie...Interesting. My career had a similar social studies/history/English connection with a twist. I taught 12th grade social and 11th grade World History for a number of years. I had always stressed story telling in history with novels instead of dull textbooks. And then... The English teacher and I created a sequence of two hour team taught Humanities classes combining history, literature, with some science, art and music included. My part in that program lasted about a dozen years till I volunteered to instigated a similar program in our newly consolidated Middle School and also took up coaching basketball for my last ten years in the classroom. But that another story...:) troutbirderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087811292280881959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-20113189508758645632016-09-14T08:49:44.759-04:002016-09-14T08:49:44.759-04:0030 years on the job and being highly commended by ...30 years on the job and being highly commended by both students and teachers is a great achievement to be proud of. And isn't RETIREMENT a terrific word????Shammickitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11969803866899076638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-92024350459117836822016-09-13T11:21:04.302-04:002016-09-13T11:21:04.302-04:00Great response to the question about a job "s...Great response to the question about a job "shape-shifting." It seems that you also brought English lovers/teachers out in the comments.<br />As you know, my major was always English...but when I get to writing my blog on this topic, you will learn I had an altogether different destination in mind as a youth.<br />Do you have any thought as to how GPS has made a difference in teaching geography? I would imagine that you were one of those teachers who taught the connections between geography, history, literature, politics etc.KGMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05165941950953938943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-12817640535385950872016-09-13T09:51:58.761-04:002016-09-13T09:51:58.761-04:00Regrets. We all have them. Just need to be caref...Regrets. We all have them. Just need to be careful we don't dwell too much on what might have been.Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11053208644196545549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-66831349820274834912016-09-13T09:23:59.190-04:002016-09-13T09:23:59.190-04:00I loved teaching English. Grammar was my forte,and...I loved teaching English. Grammar was my forte,and I still cringe at its misuse. Math was my downfall. I was asked to teach a basic math class one term at the small junior college where I taught. I did it, but I felt not adequately. So, the next time they asked, I politely refused. (I wonder to this day why they even asked the second time.) <br />At the middle school where I taught, I loved the 7th grade classes. More emphasis on grammar and less on literature. Those were the days!Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05048908920247516125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-35189907958551964802016-09-13T07:46:31.363-04:002016-09-13T07:46:31.363-04:00I was an English teacher too -- long ago. My caree...I was an English teacher too -- long ago. My career lasted only 9 years, during which I taught from seventh to twelfth grades. I always enjoyed it, as you say, for the discussion of ideas. Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-25256478341730352162016-09-13T07:13:49.757-04:002016-09-13T07:13:49.757-04:00Sometimes we surprise ourselves with what we can d...Sometimes we surprise ourselves with what we can do and enjoy! It sounds like a wonderful career at such a difficult job which not everyone can do well.<br /><br />Today, when we are out and about and there are children or young people misbehaving, I always think of the teachers who must deal with those kids on Monday morning. Once a teacher...Marie Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03882722634065183364noreply@blogger.com