After a lot of campaigning, persuasion, bribery, and some other unmentionable actions...I must report that I have not been selected as TOY. Also known as, Teacher of the Year.
I know. You're as surprised as I am. I didn't even make it to the Finals.
Perhaps it was because I didn't start tutoring the kids early enough. Perhaps it was because I told someone to "JUST GO PUT YOUR HEAD DOWN BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOUR FACE OR HEAR YOUR VOICE FOR A WHILE!" Can you believe the principal got mad when I told her that? Or maybe it was the time I told a kid to "rub some dirt on it" instead of sending him and his bloody puncture wound to the Nurse.
There are truly so very many reasons that I am more often than not considered MCNTOY (Most Certainly Not Teacher of the Year) or WTE (Worst Teacher Ever) than TOY. But I can't dwell on what I've done wrong or how I could change or become better.
Wait. I think that's exactly what I'm supposed to do. Improve.
And maybe...just maybe...I'll stop yelling at kids and refine my instructional strategies and I'll get another shot. But hey...it's only my fifth year teaching and I've been nominated twice...so my career isn't a total bust. Thank you for your support and donations, friends.
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