I touch the face of humanity each day in my classrooms, for I teach the ambitious and the indolent, the brilliant and the slow, the mature and the immature. I gaze at a quiet classroom, heads bent, minds intent on the lesson. I catch the enthusiasm of the eager search of a bright-eyed young scholar for an answer to his question... I study the prospective dropout, the disinterested "clockwatcher," and the bitter delinquent-master of wisecracks and rebellion. I contemplate the endless quest of my young philosophers in their determination to know the core of life. I listen to a sixteen-year-old lay her soul bare before me in a few moments of counseling. These daily teaching scenes emphasize that no human endeavor requires more wisdom, more humility, more labor, or more dedication than teaching. Teaching is my profession, my way of life, my opportunity to live richly and deeply, my fulfillment of that which is useful, beautiful, and true. #LawanaTrout
Posted on: Fri, 06 Sep 2013 06:50:23 +0000