yearbook day
I bought a yearbook this year. I know, lame.
I figure, if I buy one every three years, I'll eventually have pictures of all of my students. So in ten years when I'm thinking, Who was that little sh*t in English 10? I can find his/her picture from back in 2008. Anyway - that is my reasoning for purchasing said memorabilia. (Plus I bought it with teacher money, so technically, it was free.)
Such is my justification, which is why I was baffled yesterday when I was talking to some fellow teachers who were excited to get their yearbooks signed by their students. Signed by students? Is that normal? I was weirded out last year when students wanted me to sign theirs... but for a teacher to collect sixteen-year-old signatures?? I don't know.
I have a sneaking suspicion that way too many teachers choose their careers just to relive their glory days of adolescence. (Or, just as likely, to be the "cool" teacher because they weren't so "cool" as a student.) Is hording yearbooks and yearbook signatures a symptom of this problem?
Of course, it is possible that I just may not love my students enough. Maybe if I cared about them, I'd want their "It was so fun getting to know you" and "Have a great summer" cliches in my yearbook too.
Or maybe, as a student, I was that "little sh*t in English 10" who never cared enough about my teachers to consider giving or receiving yearbook scribbles. Hmmm.
I figure, if I buy one every three years, I'll eventually have pictures of all of my students. So in ten years when I'm thinking, Who was that little sh*t in English 10? I can find his/her picture from back in 2008. Anyway - that is my reasoning for purchasing said memorabilia. (Plus I bought it with teacher money, so technically, it was free.)
Such is my justification, which is why I was baffled yesterday when I was talking to some fellow teachers who were excited to get their yearbooks signed by their students. Signed by students? Is that normal? I was weirded out last year when students wanted me to sign theirs... but for a teacher to collect sixteen-year-old signatures?? I don't know.
I have a sneaking suspicion that way too many teachers choose their careers just to relive their glory days of adolescence. (Or, just as likely, to be the "cool" teacher because they weren't so "cool" as a student.) Is hording yearbooks and yearbook signatures a symptom of this problem?
Of course, it is possible that I just may not love my students enough. Maybe if I cared about them, I'd want their "It was so fun getting to know you" and "Have a great summer" cliches in my yearbook too.
Or maybe, as a student, I was that "little sh*t in English 10" who never cared enough about my teachers to consider giving or receiving yearbook scribbles. Hmmm.
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And awesome all at the same time. :)
"English was so much fun!" "You rock!" "Stay cool this summer!"
"Never forget who you are!" (Seminary kids) "Next year is gonna rock cuz we will rule the school!"
But Michelle, you know
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