Making a virtue out of necessity

My countdown has begun. Only 21 teaching days left. Jake told me today that next month my hours will only be 930 to 130. I am so relieved. I can’t handle anymore long days at that damn institute. I’ll have early mornings but I’ll try not to have too many late nights. Knock on wood.

Tonight I started organizing my crap to move over to my new apartment. It’s annoying that I have to move for just one month. But at least I can leave the cockroaches behind. Brenda has guaranteed me that there will be no four-legged unwanted guests in this new building. I can also weed through what I want to keep and what I want to pawn off on others. I have so many books to read in the next few weeks.

I found this cute little book of quotations that Manisha gave me when I left my job at the hospital: Teacher, A Little Book of Appreciation.

Here are a few of my favorites:

* No bubble is so iridescent or floats longer than that blown by the successful teacher

* It is a luxury to learn; but the luxury of learning is not to be compared with the luxury of teaching

* Children are young but they are not naive. And they’re honest. They’re not going to keep awake if the story is boring. When they get excited you can see it in their eyes

* Education is simply the soul of a society that passes from one generation to another

* Spoon Feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon

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