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Of course, it got easier each day
and by week two I had almost
begun to enjoy my life as a teacher.
It wasn't until the second month of
my teaching job that I was
reminded of the quote I had seen on
my very first placement.
It was a cold, wet Monday morning
and I was in my classroom
preparing for the day ahead. The
Headteacher opened my door and
asked if I had a minute before the
children arrived. He took me into
his office and explained that one of
the children in my class had
suffered a terrible bereavement
over the weekend. Her father had
been tragically killed in a road
traffic accident. The child had
insisted on coming into school as
she wanted to be with her teacher.
The person that she wanted to be
with was me.
Up until this point in my relatively
short teaching career, I had been
approaching teaching in a very
egocentric manner. It had been all
about me; me passing my course,
me getting a job and me enjoying
my new role.
For the first time it hit me hard
that this job was nothing to do
with my needs, it was, of course,
all about meeting the children's
needs.
At that moment in the Head's
office, the enormity of the
responsibility that comes with
being a teacher hit me. It was
overwhelming and I questioned
silently how would I be able to
support the grieving child and give
her the care she needed from me. I
didn't need to worry - as soon as
she came into school and into my
classroom, I knew instinctively
what to do.
From that day forward I approached
my teaching with a clear mantra of
making sure that each and every
day was all about the children and
their individual needs. I felt
slightly disappointed in myself that
my first few weeks had been more
about my needs. This shift in my
mindset was, I believe, the start of
a magical journey. A journey where
I was privileged to teach some
thoroughly wonderful, at times
challenging, but most of all unique
children.
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