thisnewday

I think I'm finding my voice in the classroom again. And I owe that to the teacher who's given me the opportunity to really work with kids, as opposed to simply passing out papers and sharpening pencils. I'm still glad to do the latter because my job, first and foremost, is to help maximize the instructional time and effectiveness of the professional educator in the room.

But another thing I've noticed is how this experience is affecting certain aspects of my own life. I went into this hoping to positively affect the lives of children and, again thanks to the excellent teacher I'm working with, I think that's happening. But it's also brought about some subtle changes in my own attitudes and behaviors which I'm hoping will generate its own cycle of positive action in my own and others' lives.

Including, of course, that of my own grandson...

LPK
LiveJournal
3.5.2011

The pain which
these days
lives in me,
the accumulated
injuries

from all the
jobs i've worked
from all the
years i've lived

and from
the loss
of other things
i've loved,

is nothing
next to this
and yet

he is not
lost
except to
me,
he is not
gone
except from
here:

this place
which was his home
and now
no longer is...

LPK
LiveJournal
9.5.2006 (a)