Teacher funny, or story, or encouragement...

[labelleizzy]

The dinner guests were sitting around the table discussing life.

One man, a CEO, decided to explain the problem with education.

He argued: "What's a kid going to learn from someone who decided his best
option in life was to become a teacher?"
He reminded the other dinner guests that it's true what they say about
teachers: "Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach."

To corroborate, he said to another guest: "You're a teacher, Susan," he
said, "Be honest, What do you make?"

Susan, who had a reputation of honesty and frankness, replied,
"You want to know what I make?"
"I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could."
"I can make a C+ feel like a Congressional Medal of Honor and an A-
feel like a slap in the face if the student did not do his or her very best."
"I can make kids sit through 40 minutes of study hall in absolute silence."
"I can make parents tremble in fear when I call home."
"You want to know what I make?"
"I make kids wonder."
"I make kids question."
"I make them criticize."
"I make them apologize and mean it."
"I make them write."
"I make them read, read, read."
"I make them spell difinitely beautiful, definitely beautiful, and
definitely beautiful over and over and over again, until they will
never misspell either one of those words again."
I make them show all their work in math and hide it all on their
final drafts in English."
"I make them understand that if you have the brains, then follow your
heart... and if someone ever tries to judge you by what you make,
you pay them no attention."

"You want to know what I make?"

"I make a difference."
"What the hell do you make?"


(a version of this is also findable on YouTube and was sent my way by, I believe, the lovely ladykalessia

Comments

[elaryn.livejournal.com]

Brava! May I share this with a friend who is also a teacher?

[labelleizzy.livejournal.com]

help y'self. It's been running around the internet for years.