I have a keepsake from one of the first girls I taught. She gave me an IOU
for $1200 USD if she ever got married. Now what equipment should I go for?
:-) In that first year class, many have been in and out of jail, and one
became a youth pastor. Guess which one gave me the most trouble? Yep, he
jumped me the first day of class and tried to wrestle me to the ground from
behind.
Gregg
James wrote:
We do tend to take the failures or our "clients" personally. I used to do
wedding photography and when a couple I have photographed gets divorced I
take if personally. That makes no sense at all. Perhaps it is because I
worked so hard to create images of a couple and it makes me mad that they
"broke" my work. With teachers, the good ones worry about the futures of
their students. It makes their failures hard to take but you can revel in
their successes.
/jnm
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Gregg Iverson
> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 4:40 PM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM] Suggestions for interiors
>
>
> Thanks Dan.
>
> I'm not grousing or looking for complements. Thankfully my rewards are
> seeing the students succeed. (I get very upset when one doesn't,
> and take
> it personally). I was just making a comment about our mixed up
> priorities
> in the economic sector.
>
> You would be surprised to see how much you have to offer as a
> teacher! The
> hardest part at first is the vulnerability, opening yourself to public
> display of your mistakes. I once took a math class with business majors
> (after I had been out of school for many years). Because I teach
> math, the
> teacher graded on the curve based on my score on each exam. I
> experienced
> the pressure some of my students feel each time they test!
>
> If you love cameras you have demonstrated the most important part of
> teaching, having a passion for something. That is what gets the students
> to follow.
>
> Gregg
>
> Dan wrote:
> > Gregg Iverson wrote;
> > > I may grouse that sports figures make far more than I do (as
> a teacher) but
> > > I cannot deny the business sense of a contract that generates
> far more than
> > > it costs. I, on the other hand, generate little in actual
> revenue. My
> > > value would be hard to establish on a spreadsheet, and it
> would be more
> > > difficult still to find a society that would be willing to
> hand over the
> > > salary that spreadsheet might justify. So is life.
> Thankfully, my rewards
> > > are mostly intrinsic.
> > >
> >
> >Gregg,
> >I can probably name only a dozen sports figures and correctly
> identify less
> >than half of the teams to which they belong. On the other hand, I will
> >probably NEVER forget the many teachers who changed my life!
> Bless you for
> >choosing this noble vocation.
> >
> >Dan (who will never be smart enough to be a teacher) Garcia
> >
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