a tribute to my job

For those who don't know this yet, I am a primary school art teacher 75% of the time. I have such a love-hate relationship with my job. Last week was REALLY bad and I was so unsure about whether I will continue next year. I know I am so privileged to have this job and there are just so many reasons why I say so. I thought I'd make a little blog post about it to motivate me :)

10 reasons why I love my job:

1. Because the rewards are near immediate. After a few weeks of kids being in my class I get to see beautiful results!

2. Because I get to see that proud look on the kids' faces when they've just made something that they know looks good!

3. Because I get to work with beautiful kids of such a variety of ages, shapes and colours!

4. Because the little ones are just so flipping cute!

5. Because I get letters in kids' writing that tell me I'm the best :)

6. Because Kids come to me to show off their art works they worked on at home. I like the fact that they know I will give them affirmation!

7. Because kids come to clean my class after school sometimes because they enjoy it.

8. Because I get more paid leave than any other job I can think of!

9. Because I have the security of a decent and regular salary.

10. Because my job challenges me! It stretches me in ways I did not imagine and forces me to deal with difficult situations in a mature way.

11. Because I get to draw and paint!

12. Because I have my own room that I can do with as I please!

13. Because I am given the right to make a significant impact in the lives of 460 kids!

14. Because some kids get really excited when I walk into the room to do art with them.

15. Because I get hugged a lot :)

Okay, so 10 reasons very effortlessly turned into 15 reasons. These all came out without giving it much thought, so I'm sure if I thought about it some more I'd be able to come up with a whole lot more.
I guess I do have a pretty amazing job :) Thank you, Jesus!