If Not Teaching, Then What?
I don't know if it is the day or the mood or what ... did this come about because of a discussion or a chance encounter or what nudged me into this? ... And if I look back over the last couple of days, there really isn't anything that would bring this upon me. I know that similar thoughts have flitted through my mind over the last while, but they seem to be becoming clearer and more pronounced - today being one of the stronger ones.
Now that I've succeeded in making no sense, let's see if I can muddy the water even more.
I went into teaching in around 1983 - and to be honest, I'm not sure why. To speak in a public manner before a lot of people was something I could never do. I didn't even speak out in class ... so what made me think of going into teaching, I don't know. I was horrifically self-conscious ... and we know that students are some of the most critical and miserable people on earth ... I really wish I could remember what WAS going through my ...