There is so much that I'll miss about it and probably foremost is, strangely, the accountability: I have to be prepared, I have to know my material, and I have to assess students fairly. I get to tell stories and listen to theirs. For twelve hours each week, I have a captive audience. This has been both exhilarating and daunting.
I'll return to teaching someday, whether as an adjunct in a community college or university or as a leader for an informal writing group of five-year-olds or fifty-year-olds.
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Someday, somewhere I'd love to be part of that captive audience. I'll bet you're a great teacher.
There are parts of it I'm good at, parts less so. But how kind of you to say :)
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