My June goal is to move my kids bedrooms around now that I have extra room in my house.
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Nicholle Slocum-May Goal/Retire from preschool
From the time that I was very young I knew I had a gift with children. My parents divorced when my youngest brother was four years old. I watched his behavior change almost over night and as a young girl I did not know how to help him. I graduated from High School and watched him struggle with school. I watched him have behavior problems with teachers and friends. I did not like the way teachers treated him, but, all I did was watch from a distance. When I decided to enter the teaching profession it was because I wanted to help children like my brother that I was never able to help. My goal as a teacher was to love kids un-conditionally. I felt like I did a pretty good job at that. I taught Special Education and when I had my second son I decided to quit teaching. The next year we moved into our new home and I started a preschool business. I fell in love with four year olds. I have loved teaching for the last 10 years and to be honest I don't really know why I felt like it was time to be done, I just did. In May I held my last Preschool Graduation. I was so lucky and thankful to have my dear sweet sister in law Cathryn help me this year and have my brother (who inspired me to be a teacher) son in my class.
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I love hearing your path to teaching. And it's true, you have a gift. I remember visiting you in Cedar when you were teaching I was was hitting the books again after the mission. You had it down. Working with staff and monitoring your kids in different classes. Way to be done with preschool--i did end up missing the kids and the moms that would chat at drop off and pick up, and that surprised me. What did you decide to do about next year. Which position did you pick? Love you Nic, and we have to have a camino manor reunion soon! It's been 20 years this fall.
I love what drew you to teaching. What a great gift to have!
10 years is a great run! I hope you are able to enjoy the fruits of your service by seeing these kids grow up. I still remember Miss D and the sweet influence she had on me as my preschool teacher.
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