Just went for a quick pop into the mall for a mid-afternoon break and I ran into a past student of mine.
Immediately she recognized me, and said hello. We caught up a bit and I asked her what she was doing etc...
But what really caught me was that she did say that she enjoyed my class and how I made the subject matter relevant and easy to understand.
*sigh*
This is just after I had learned that I wasn't a successful candidate for a teaching position. It's really sad, to have these anecdotal evidences of how proficient I am in a job, yet cannot fully realize that option.
How to deal with that? I dunno... it was a real kick when she said before I walked away "at least you're still teaching", and it was hard not to walk back and have that long discussion about teaching and the "profession".
No comments:
Post a Comment