This morning on my way to work I saw all the kiddies lined up at their bus stops anxiously awaiting their first day back to school. And I was SO jealous.
I don’t think I have ever mentioned here how I am one of those big losers that actually loved school. Granted there were days that I faked a sore throat or tummyache so I could stay home on the couch and watch tv all day long – most of the time I truly enjoyed being there. It wasn’t even the social aspect of school that I loved, because for a few awkward years I was not a fluttering popular butterfly – more like a weird fuzzy caterpillar with glasses and braces. It was the LEARNING. I love to learn new things. College was where my love of school really peaked though, because I started to not only absorb what my professers were saying in my British Literature clases, but I also started to challenge myself more, and strive for perfection (in the form of straight As of course). When I graduated Magna Cum Laude and part of the English Honor Society I never felt more proud of myself.
These days …these long days when I sit in my office… I dream about going back to school. Some times I worry that my brain is becoming soft and when I go to graduate school I will have trouble falling back into my routine. Some times I worry I will never get to go back to school. Most of the time I tell that evil little voice to shut up.
I want to get my Masters in Secondary Education and Administration. I want to be a high school English teacher. Then I want to be the head of the English department. And THEN I want to be a principal. I want to spend the rest of my life in the school system. School supplies makes me sooo excited. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve swooned over new pens or a crisp white binder filled with paper just waiting to be filled with notes about the books I’ve read. I want to be able to work at the school where my children go. I want summers off to spend time with my family at the beach and work on new recipes.
I am a dork and I want to go back to school. I want I want I want… I am giving myself this one year to get my stuff together and get back into school. I promise.
I know you can do it! I should I am your MOM and very proud of all you have done with your life up to this point. I know you are going to be a great teacher and principal!
That is a very inspiring post. My first love is history and I keep telling myself I want to go back to school and then life happens and that dream keeps getting further and further from my grasp. Thank you for this post…it reminded me about my dreams.
OMG. I am the same way! I always LOVED going back to school!