TEACHER is a work of HEART

Teaching is a commitment to implant knowledge in the minds and hearts of all students. It is so much more than just a job.

"I'm just a teacher.”  How many times have we said it without even realizing how much we are pulling ourselves down?  I am just a teacher so no one has to listen to me.  I am just a teacher so no one will care. I am just a teacher so my ideas don’t have value.  I am just a teacher so what do I know…

But here’s a poem by Stacy Bonino. Saying that you are not just a teacher, you are so much more!

I'm So Much More Than Just A Teacher

by: Stacy Bonino

I am a counselor and psychologist to a problem-filled child,

I am a police officer that controls a child gone wild.

I am a travel agent scheduling our trips for the year,

I am a confidante that wipes a crying child's tear.

I am a banker collecting money for a ton of different things,

I am a librarian showing adventures that a storybook brings.

I am a custodian that has to clean certain messes,

I am a psychic that learns to know all that everybody only guesses.

I am a photographer keeping pictures of a child's yearly growth,

When mother and father are gone for the day, I become both.

I am a doctor that detects when a child is feeling sick,

I am a politician that must know the laws and recognize a trick.

I am party planner for holidays to celebrate with all,

I am a decorator of a room, filling every wall.

I am a news reporter updating our nation's current events,

I am a detective solving small mysteries and ending all suspense.

I am a clown and comedian that make the children laugh,

I am a dietitian assuring they have lunch or from mine I give them half.

When we seem to stray from our values, I become a preacher,

But I'm proud to have to be these people because...

I'm proud to say, "I am a teacher!"

So yes, you may just be a teacher but think of what you are to all of those kids that you teach.  Think of what you can be.  And then think of what they will do knowing you were their teacher.  So the next time you find yourself saying you are just a teacher, wear that title with pride.  You are just a teacher, but teachers change the world.