Post #1: A Day in the Life of a Teacher

A teacher wakes up in the morning like the rest of us and pushed teh snooze button about ten times before realizing he or she must get up. They walk into the school and notice that yesterday's play-dough still hasn't been cleaned up and now leaves a nasty stain on the new carpet that was just put in over the summer. The first few student walk in and manage to bring in the mud with them, but the teacher smiles as she greets the guests. The morning session is fine, just a few mishaps, including a boy trying to swat a fly on a girl's nose. Tired, the teacher returns to the lounge where she feasts upon a meager salad. She returns to the classroom for the aftrnoon session t find one of the students missing (he got sent to the principal's office-this was the fly-swatting one). Everybody looks ready for a nap, but the teacher tells them to open up their writing manuals to learn how to write their first paragraph, which will eventually prepare them for Writing 140 in college. The children work tirelessly. At three, the bell rings and all the student leave, except for Jane, whose mother is running late at work. As Jane leave, the teacher wears a look of complete exhaustion, but still, her eyes express the greatest joy.

What Teachers Do on a Daiy Basis

Althought t may seem that teachers are consumed on a daily basis by the needs of a classroom, teachers definately do have live outside of the classroom. It was a shock for me that the two ads that I found to incorporate into my essay were both so focused on trying to make the stereotypes about teaching true. Teachers actually have ives outside the classroom which include "normal" things and activities. I found that it would probably be easier if they had advertised these points rather than what the audience already knows abot the teacher, what he or she does in the classroom. This was slightly disconcerting because I feel that teachers lead normal lives outside of the classroom, despite what we may think (no, they don't sleep in their offices). However, this does not make the profession of teaching any less of a profession. Teachers must be well trained and have a high level of knowledge. Since this is what we have classified as the ramifications of what constitutes a profession, teaching is a profession.

Random

So, I've decided to write something in this blog, even though I haven't seen the prompt posted yet. Today's discussion in class was somewhat confusing, but it was nice to see the parallels between themes in novels and essays.