Why Do English Teachers Have It So Hard?!

No one ever told me why hardly anyone wanted to be an English teacher–now I know.  I have spent so many hours grading paper and projects that seemed like such a good idea at the time, and then all the assignments came in and my back and eyes are suffering tremendously!  I would love to be able to do what I love and still have the life that I want to have.  I know that I am supposed to be an English teacher in the deepest core of my being, but I want that desire to propel me forward rather than keep me from living my life fully.  On top of my desire to have a personal life (aside from the impersonal conversations with the young man who works at the coffeeshop that I go to grade at every weekend), I also want the young people that come through my classroom to learn how to communicate and Continue reading »