My Corner for Education

In many people’s eyes, I am a typical workaholic. Whatever I do, I do it with more than 100% of my work time and effort. I enjoy goingto work. I am a teacher; therefore, I enjoy going to school everyday. I guess if the school was open on weekends, I'd probably drop by when I had some spare time as well. (Hahahahahahaaaaa…..) No, I am just kidding. I won't go to that extreme, but I do love working on school related activities. I volunteer for social programs that benefit parents and students. I run homework clubs to provide some remedial support for my students. I organize extra curricular activities for students at lunch time. In the summer, I take art lessons or university courses, so I can be better at teaching my students or running a club. I go to workshops and then bring the ideas back to my classroom. It could be boring to run a rigid program because I am already big on routine in my class. I certainly don’t want to be like a "drill sergeant" all the time; therefore, I like to research fun ideas online or through a varietyof books for science experiments, games or plays at my spare time to make my programs interesting and innovative. Put it this way: I am a big kid myself! If I am not having fun learning in my classroom, neither do my students. If I was not passionate about learning, I couldn’t possibly expect my students to be motivated as well. Honestly, sometimes it is really difficult for me when I get sick and have to stay home. I LOVE SCHOOL! It is hard for me to plan fun activities for someone else to take over and run the fun program in the class. Oh heck, I get jealous because I will missall the fun time. Plus, I simply can not expect someone to come in to continue or finish the program that I have planned and taught the day before. This is why I hate to take a sick day. People tease me because I don't have a life. My friends think that I am nuts. Maybe I am. I AM crazy about school though. I certainly hope my students feel the same way. Last time I checked, they all loved to come to class. One kid even cried before he left at the end of each day for a few days. He said, “I love school!” (Hahahahaaaa……) Am I teaching a group of little nutty kids? Time will tell.