Reply #68: Teaching school is the best thing to ever happen to me. [View All]

[Nevernose]

I don't believe so much in the supernatural or in divine plans, but if there IS a god and she DOES have a plan for mankind, then my role in that plan is being a schoolteacher. I've got a 180 kids in my role book in a year, and I love each and every one of them as if they were my own. And they know that, and they show me how I've made a difference in their lives. They'll come up to me in June and say, "Mister, at the beginning of the year you said you weren't going to teach English, that you were going to teach about the human condition, and we all thought you were crazy, but now I think you're the best teacher I ever had." It's still the hardest job I can imagine, but it's worth it. At least I can sleep well, which is more than a lot of people get.

After a while one does start to internalize that stuff, but really: internal, external, what does it matter? If you're basically happy with what you're doing, what do you care where it comes from?