Vickie Gill

Throughout my career I’ve met students who claim they don’t need to learn whatever I’m offering because they know exactly what they’ll be doing in a few years – they have it all figured out. I tell them that if someone had told me when I was a teenager that by the time I was thirty-six I’d be married with three children and living in rural Tennessee, I’d have laughed my head off. At eighteen, I was mildly interested in getting married at some later date, but I knew for a fact that I’d never have kids and I’d never move away from California. Surprise, surprise, surprise.

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I have just left my current teaching position for another in a different school. Six months ago, I was determined to do something outside of the field of education, but I’ve been drawn back in by the challenge of starting up a new school. Over the years, I’ve had people thank me for “sacrificing my life” to be a teacher, and I’ve even had people suggest that I teach because I can’t “do” - an insult any way you look at it. One of my personal myths that I cannot prove, but still believe, is that I was born to be a teacher.
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This Discussion Forum is a way for my students – past, present, and future – to keep in touch and pose their questions or thoughts. Post your comments below to participate.

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