If you would have told me a year ago that I would be very happy teaching adults and middle schoolers I would have looked at you like you had 3 noses! Around this time last year I was slapped in the face and told that I would no longer have the job that I loved so much! I have fallen in love with the Adult Education aspect of my job right now, maybe it's the freedom, maybe it's the lack of lesson plans, maybe it's the independence, maybe it's the people I work with, maybe it's just my students...whatever it is, or whatever the combination of the above mentioned things, I love it.
In a perfect world, I could teach Adult Ed full time while I finish my Masters in Special Education and then I could move into a special education classroom setting and continue to teach Adult Education classes in the evenings (currently they have 1 night class). I still have a passion for the "normal classroom setting" and still want very desperately to get into a Special Education classroom, but right now, this is a great way to continue my education, support my husband while he is in school, get my marriage as strong as possible, and just gain some experience. For my entire life I have not been very patient, I know what I want and I want it NOW kind of mentality, but right now, I am perfectly happy staying where I am at-making a difference, and waiting for the next door to close and one to be opened for me.
Again, if you would have walked up to me and said how happy I would be right now, I just would have looked at you and walked away. God truly does open something when a door closes, it may not be what we think we want at the time, but when we allow Him to do His work, things do work out in the long run!
