Pogue's Ponderings: Me . . In Five Years

In five years, I will be 52 years old. How can that be? I remember when 50 seemed ANCIENT, but I don't even feel that old yet. Maybe being an educator helps keep you young in spirit.

So, how will my teaching change in five years? I hope it will be more student-driven. I love the lessons where the students take control of their own learning. When it works, it works well. Over the course of the next few years, I plan to perfect the student driven lesson and implementation of these lessons. I also expect it will be more technology driven, to which some of students might say, "Really, Mrs. Pogue, how could it be more technology driven? You love the ChromeBooks and we just want paper!" Actually I think they want fill-in-the blank worksheets that don't require them to think much. My class is hard. I make you think.

And to that end, I hope to be able to inspire students to want to do their very best and to love learning. If I can get a student to have a thirst for knowledge, then I have succeeded!

But truth be told, I'm not sure where I will be in five years. If you had asked me last year if would be teaching high school, I would have thought you were crazy. My career has been a funny thing. I have my masters to be an administrator, and perhaps someday I will be. I've put it aside to be a mom for the past sixteen years. Right now, I'm enjoying my new challenge - challenge in the classroom and challenge as a mom. Parenting teens is harder than teaching them. I have faith that I will always be right where God intended me to be.