People grow up...
I'll hit the big "35" years old this year...that means I've been teaching for 10 years. My first batch of seniors are now 28! They've graduated from college, got married, had kids, got divorced, been thrown in jail, started careers, etc. - they're adults.
Most of you who read my journal are students I've taught or been around via the auditorium or drama. Sometimes, when I think about ya'll, I forget that you're no longer those little teenage shitheads I taught in the past. Most of you are adults...doing adult things and experiencing adult problems. You're all grown up and leading your own lives as you see fit.
Still, when I read journal entries about one of Kelly's alcohol experiences...My first thought: "Kelly's too young to drink! Should I tell her father?" Then, I stop and think: "Wait! She's an adult now. She can buy me a drink." The immediate connection between adult and Kelly still isn't there yet. Or...I hear about an old student getting married, and I immediately think: "She's too young for that! Hell, I am too young for THAT!"
Think about it: Matt H. is in college...amazing...I remember when he was in 7th grade and dropped the spotlight accidentally before a Grease performance. Justin is old enough to be out and college and in a career now....He used to sit on the toliet for hours and read just to get out of a rehearsal!
If ya'll are getting older, that means I am too....well, at least Bart will always be older than me.
I hope to see ya'll this summer. I should be in Spokane around the 10th and Clarkston around the 12th.
Most of you who read my journal are students I've taught or been around via the auditorium or drama. Sometimes, when I think about ya'll, I forget that you're no longer those little teenage shitheads I taught in the past. Most of you are adults...doing adult things and experiencing adult problems. You're all grown up and leading your own lives as you see fit.
Still, when I read journal entries about one of Kelly's alcohol experiences...My first thought: "Kelly's too young to drink! Should I tell her father?" Then, I stop and think: "Wait! She's an adult now. She can buy me a drink." The immediate connection between adult and Kelly still isn't there yet. Or...I hear about an old student getting married, and I immediately think: "She's too young for that! Hell, I am too young for THAT!"
Think about it: Matt H. is in college...amazing...I remember when he was in 7th grade and dropped the spotlight accidentally before a Grease performance. Justin is old enough to be out and college and in a career now....He used to sit on the toliet for hours and read just to get out of a rehearsal!
If ya'll are getting older, that means I am too....well, at least Bart will always be older than me.
I hope to see ya'll this summer. I should be in Spokane around the 10th and Clarkston around the 12th.