WHERE I AM...

Occasionally, I threw a couple of them unceremoniously out of the class. Once or twice, I feel like going off in the middle of a lesson. Sometimes, I feel like vomiting blood. Other times, I am on the verge of tearing my hair out. The rest of the times, I am so tempted to just grab a chair and sit down and just let them do the talking instead. Administration work? Remedials? Make-up tests? They make climbing the Great Wall of China a walk in the park.



Nevertheless, they are not as bad as I first imagined. They may not have the brains; they may not have a lot of discipline; they may not necessarily have the cooperativeness or motivation; they may not have the best environment; they may not speak the most eloquent of languages. But they're definitely a lot more simpler. Real. Unpretentious.

They may not be the best - or among the better ones, for all that matters - which educators so often hope (secretly) for; but they're good enough. I can't say for the future; but right now, I don't envision myself leaving for "greener pastures" of better "reputations" or "standards".

Meaningful, is where I am right now.

Heck, one of my boys even has a court case in pending. They may not be comparable to others most of the time, but, that's the whole point; the crux of it all.

Isn't it?



Writer's note: Hopefully, I won't be reading this blog entry 2 or 3 years down the road and feel silly.