I used to send these office pictures to my mother, every day. She would always say I looked young and gorgeous. Notwithstanding my obviously older than 35-40 face and the weight gain that made me look less cute than I ever was. My mom thought I was the most beautiful, most intelligent, most amazing person on this planet. I used to think she was crazy! Now, I do the same thing to my daughter. I tell her she is a very special person, the best kid in the world, the most incredibly beautiful girl in the world every day, all the time. Mommy was a teacher who taught her kids both how to be competent adults and how to be good students.
I chose teaching as a profession even though I had enough points in the entrance exam for UFES to go to Medical, Journalism or Law school at the time. When they created the course designed for people who wanted to teach Languages and Literature, I felt a calling. That course had been made for me. Although I knew there was a long road ahead of me: Bachelor's in Languages and Literature, a Research Trip, and a Master's Degree, I took the challenge. My life is on the right path career-wise. I am doing what I always wanted to do for work.
Every summer, people I know well and people I barely know will tell me that ''It must be nice to have 3 months off in the summer''. This is very far from the truth. In Norway, we work until the very last week of June and we come back on the first or second week of August. We basically have the month of July plus a week and a half. Even so, people will say it is too much and we deserve fewer weeks.
Whoever says being a teacher is easy does not know what he or she is talking about at all.
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