Where is your passion?
This summer, I had someone ask me a question: "If you could make up a job for yourself, what would it be?" Being a principal certainly did not pop into my head. Don't take this the wrong way. I enjoy my job - most of the time. I do feel like in America educators were once valued by the general populous. Not so anymore. That's your job. Your scores aren't high enough. You are over budget. Your parents aren't highly satisfied. As if a principal of a school might have ultimate power of influence over the surrounding lives and setting events for staff, students, parents, and community. As if we go in our office and pull out our magic wand and pull the proverbial rabbit out of our hat. It is not so. It is a rewarding job when you see students and staff growing. It is rewarding when a parent thanks you for knowing their daughter's first name. But the passion for education for me seems to be fading. I have felt that God has been nudging me to som