Two Perspectives to Keep This School Year

What's going on everybody, I hope this finds you striving and thriving and doing absolutely amazing. My name is Brian Martin, I'm a second grade teacher and hosted the teaching champions podcast. And perspective is key. The way that we view things, influences the way that we approach our debt. And as we start out the school year, it's important that we take that time to look at the way that we're viewing things. And we had an open house the other day at my school. And I had a conversation with two different people, that at the end of the day, it made me stop, it made me think it made me look at the perspectives in which I'm viewing things. And we have open house before the school year begins so that the students, they can drop off their materials, meet the teacher, get the lay lay the landscape before the school year starts. And then my level is pretty special as you meet this year's crew. And it's easy to forget how much they grow from the beginning of the year to the end. But meeting these students for the first time, meeting their parents, and knowing the relationships that I'm going to develop with them over the next 10 months, it's pretty exciting. And then you get the added bonus of last year students stepping in and saying hi, and that's always so much fun. But the two conversations that made me pause, they didn't happen during open house one took place before the other took place after. And these two conversations are something that I'm going to carry with me throughout the remainder of the school year. And the first one took place a few minutes before Openhouse start, I popped my head into a colleague's room that I've taught with for many years. And she's entering her final year of teaching. And we talked about this being her last open house, and the wide array of emotions that come with it, the serenus that thought of closing a chapter of your life that you've been doing for 30 years. And there's a lot to it. There's hope and excitement for the future. But there's also some uneasiness as well, when you walk away from something that's been such a big piece of your life for so long. And it was a extremely reflective conversation. Then after open house, I walked a few classroom doors down, pop my head into the classroom of a young lady who's just beginning her journey, when she was just amped. She had that infectious energy flowing. And she had so much excitement of this being her first open house and all the magic that comes with it when you do something for the first time, that new experience. And you could hear the joiner voice, and you just couldn't help but smile. And she's going to be one of the good ones. It was two conversations, two different perspectives, coming from two different places. One is embarking on a brand new journey filled with excitement. And the other is coming to the end of that amazing journey and is in a very reflective and appreciative place. And I share this because for me, I think it's important that we take away from both perspectives that we tap into that enthusiasm of that first year teacher that's just starting their journey and it's filled with that infectious positive energy. But it's equally important to have that reflection, that appreciation of those who are coming to the end of their teaching journey. We get caught up so much in that day to day grind, and things. They start to lose their magic. We become hardened by some of the things that we experienced along our own journeys. And we lose perspective on some of the joy like this right there for us. So as you start this Europe, check in on your own perspective, see if you can travel back to the days and when you were first starting out and everything had that excitement to it and take time to fast forward to a moment when you know, it's the last days of this profession for you. And look at that day with a sense of appreciation, and reflection. We can all use a little bit of both of these perspectives. Wishing you the best my friends keep encouraging, supporting and lifting others up, because we've been blessed with another son. Hope you had a great week everybody