Student Teachers are the bomb!

As I sit here today and reflect on my latest awesome experience with a student teacher I can't help but think that they are an underutilized resource in our schools today.  In my district there is an actual restriction on how many quarters you may work with a student teacher.  In a time of increased collaboration and the ever increasing push for interventions and small grouping I feel like student teachers are a valuable asset that needs to be used!  What do you think?

People can see who we are too :)

I love that we live in such a visual world....maybe more visual now than ever before.  We have transitioned through a time when verbal communication was paramount.  We used to make phone calls, tell stories and talk to strangers.... now we email, surf the Web and if you have been on a city bus lately you know that most on there are listening to music, surfing the smartphone or talking/texting someone.  It is a great time in our society to be seen :)

Teaching---

I suppose there are many unique aspects of my profession.......

I like to see my work, and it is there everyday....what I build, what I help grow, what I do....it is all there right in front of me each day.  A couple dozen minds, hearts and dreams :)  We all work for a reason.  When I worked in pizza joints, bars and gas stations...you saw it right away, immediate feedback....the oilfield was a little different, but it always made me think of the future.....people build houses and they never get to see the smiles of the generations that live inside, some people only get to see one side of society.....some deal in resources and services that are too huge to really get a personal connection...but teaching is different....it is right there and I love it!--just some random thoughts, from a happy teacher!

Mr. B