Works for Miracles

Photo Credit: Author (First Year as a Teacher, 2010)

Teacher. Lately, I have been pondering the idea of what my favorite thing is that I do as a teacher for part of the #YourEDUstory 2015 blog challenge. This has been challenging for me because I love my job and role as an educator, so it is hard to pick just one!

As I was pondering this topic, I stumbled along Taylor Mali's poem "Miracle Workers." In his poem, Mali explores what teachers do and concludes we are workers of miracles. One of my favorite lines from his poem is "I just gave you what I knew you needed before you had to ask for it." This is my favorite thing I do: provide my students with the support, attention, and care that they need. I try to give it my all every day because I want to provide my students with the best possible education. I, like Mali, believe that "Education is the miracle. I am just the worker." So I will continue to work for miracles....it is my favorite thing that I do.

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