I have a passion for three things when it comes to my career: math, music and middle school students. These are the things that I love. It has been a journey to get here. A long one. It took me a long time to get to the point where I am at. In this place, it is my intention to write about my passions, my experiences, my thoughts and my hopes for my classroom program as it changes and grows, and as I grow as an educator.
One of the things I have learned over the years is the need to meet people--students, colleagues, administrators, in the middle. When you're a teacher, you need to roll with the punches. You need to think on your feet. You have 'to walk out your door' and not necessarily know where your feet will take you, or your students that day. Your students might not even be walking on the same path that day. That's the risk you take. And you take it every day. THIS is one of the reasons I love being a teacher. The journey. The risk.
"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door. You step into the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might get swept off to."
In the middle,
Melissa
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