He is the mustard to my ketchup.
He is the Guinness to my IPA.
He is the Ginger to my Spice.
He routinely brings me back to reality.
He often keeps me sane.
He has stopped me from packing up the kids and shipping them off to Sarah Palin.
He is my rock.
He is my husband.
Being the artist in the family puts me in the spotlight on a regular basis. However, being a sixth grade teacher rarely gets you in the spotlight unless you do something wrong or smack a student (thank you Cit Pat and your selective coverage). Tod has done so much this fall that he deserves a moment in the spotlight. Without him and his Dad, our kids wouldn’t have the amazing play set we have in the backyard. Without him, we wouldn’t have the new kid’s rooms and our new bedroom and bathroom. Without Tod and his leadership at Frost, Market Day wouldn’t be part of their fundraising and many kids wouldn’t be able to go to camp each year.
He’s always learning and working to create the best learning environment for his kids. As I sit here writing this, he is working on an on line class to help his kids deal with technology in the classroom. So much of what our K-12 teachers do each and every day is worthy of the front page, but alas it won’t ever make it unless they do something horrible. The paper rarely shows the teachers sitting up late at night grading papers and worrying about their students. They rarely show the teachers working on their own time to work on professional development or curriculum issues that affect student learning and ultimately assessment scores for the district.Tod is my hero, an unsung hero, but a hero never the less. Take a moment today to thank those in your life who have become your heroes and share it here. Thank you Tod for all you do for our family, for our community, the students, and for me.
I love you.
He was the best 6th grade teacher in the world! He made learning fun and was always very creative.
ReplyDeleteIt takes a lot of little cogs to make the big cog turn!! Look at sports and politicians and how much money they make and how little impact they make in our lives. And then you have the teachers , day care workers that we trust our most precious and valuable children to, that helps raise our kids and spends just as much time with them as we do as patents, if not more. YES UN-SUNG HEROES IS RIGHT! We need to value and appreciate those people we see every day and impact our families , because they love and believe in what they do!!! Thank You for ALL you do ! Ross Wendel
ReplyDeleteNice post! And being a retired educator, I thank you for your words. Teachers are our unsung heroes. I applaud them each day! My daughter is one, and her day never ends when the kids leave the building. She's always grading, planning, making things for the classroom, and this year is co-chairing prom, directing the winter drama, and the spring musical, and sponsoring the art club!
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work, Tod!!!
When you look at a pocket watch and see that big beautiful cog turning with confidence, there are so many little ones in the back ground making it happen. We pay athletes millions of dollars to entertain us and politicians to make decisions that affect us that we really don't have any say so on. so yes, Here's to all the unsung heroes, the teachers, daycare workers and their aids that spend just as much time if not more with the most precious things in our lives, our children. They do what they do because they love to make a difference in our children's lives. Thank You Tod and all your piers for what you do!!
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