“Better you than me,” I said frequently
to the teacher one door over from me.
“Who would want to read so may essays,
or ask young teens to write every day?”
“It’s rewarding to guide them to attain
clear communication of thoughts in
their brains,”
she always patiently explained. “Anyhow
better you than me,” she would then avow.
“Who would want to take preteen kids
each year
to outdoor school about the biosphere?”
“It’s my favorite week!” came my
quick retort.
“It’s engaging curricular support
in an amazing environmental
educational outdoor adventure!”
We would laugh and agree to disagree,
each quite secure in our own career.
Now, several years away from those
days
of friendly banter and repartee,
I find myself where I must concede
she was correct in conclusion and
creed:
It is rewarding to help teens attain
clear communication of thoughts in
their brains!
Now I have found a position that’s
great,
the best of both sides of the debate:
Teaching teens to improve their
written skills,
requiring redrafts, their thoughts to
distill.
With the best kind of trip scheduled each
fall
(enticing me to stay for a long haul)
it’s an amazing environmental
educational outdoor adventure!
