The Rainbow Connection

When I became a teacher, I promised myself that I would the kind of teacher that would inspire her students ... encourage them to be life-long learners ... motivate them ... engage them ... leave them panting for more fun, creative learning.

And then reality hit ... the kids with behavioral issues ... budgetary constraints ... testing stress ... the lack of colleague support ... the lack of administrative support ... the political machine ... just everything, and that excited girl that dreamed of making a difference in the lives of her students faded from sight.

I was perusing a site not too long ago and was slapped, square in the face, with just how far I'd traveled from that dreamer.  I didn't like the person I'd become ... the teacher I'd become.  I wasn't bad ... I just wasn't what I knew I had always wanted to be. 

I stumbled upon this song from a movie I saw many, many moons ago with my mom and my sister, and it reminded me of just how much I wanted my vision or illusion of teaching to become reality. 

So, because I blog as a way to express myself, I decided to start this blog as a way to work toward finding it, that rainbow connection, the lovers, the dreamers, and me!

Happy Reading, my teacher friends!