“The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again.” 
― Steve Jobs

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In a sense this is true for teachers. Ways in which a teachers begins again? The obvious - new students. With every year, we encounter new students entering our classes, each with a set personality which adds to the class dynamics. The not so obvious (to those outside the educational system) - staying current with relevant strategies and technologies. The daily interactions with the individuals entrusted to our care causes attitudes to change both in teacher and pupil. Bonds and relationships formulate and sooner than we know it, we must let them go at the end of school year.

Meeting with parents, going to meetings, attending conferences and trainings, implementing discipline regulations, mentoring, consoling, advising, monitoring hall ways, advising clubs and organizations; planning, prepping, implementing, and assessing lessons, meetings with administrators, roving classrooms, are just a few way in which we bruise, bend, break and bleed. Educators are professionals who must encounter BEGIN again with each school year.