Teach Like Your Hair's On Fire- Epilogue- Rest in Peace

Rafe's epilogue was very touching. Teaching really can be a thankless job at times. It's definitely a position that people take for granted. Children will always be required to be in school, therefore there will always be teachers. But it's up to us to decide what kind of teacher we want to be. Do we want to be a teacher who is just there to receive a pay check and walk out the door? Or do we want to be a teacher who makes a difference in the lives of our students? Do we want to be a teacher that provides an environment that acts as a safe haven or a second home to our students facing tough times? That's the kind of teacher I want to be. Hopefully somewhere down the road, some of my former students will write essays and letters much like the ones Rafe's students wrote. I want them to be able to think back on being in my classroom and smile because I made a difference in their life.