do you wanna be a teacher?

I am a member of our campus's SAP committee (Student Assistance Program).  Students are referred to the SAP committee when teachers and/or parents are concerned about a student's progress and are requesting possible testing.  Each committee member is periodically assigned to be the "case manager" for referred students.  Part of being case manager means collecting and gathering data/student scores, observing the student, and combining all this information into a case report to present to the SAP committee.

Let me tell you a story...

I was assigned to be case manager for a student last week and I was observing this student a couple of days ago (I am presenting his case report tomorrow at our SAP meeting).  I try to be as inconspicuous as possible when I do these classroom observations so as to not distract all the students in the class... but I am pretty much a celebrity and all the kids can't help notice my presence... Let's just be real.  It's hard to be discreet when you are famous. Ha! Just kidding... I know it's really just that I am the only music teacher at the school so they all know me.  Anyways, I guess the students thought I was there observing their classroom teacher, because at one point a little girl asked me, 

"Whatcha doin', Miss Akins? Do you wanna be a teacher?"

Wow. Wow. WOW.  I have been teaching four years. I hope I do!

And maybe I can even become a REAL teacher someday. :)