Comments on: I Resigned http://www.katesays.org/2008/05/09/i-resigned/ Education, technology, and everything in between Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:39:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: This Mommy Gig » Blog Archive » Working the Land http://www.katesays.org/2008/05/09/i-resigned/#comment-913 This Mommy Gig » Blog Archive » Working the Land Mon, 26 May 2008 13:20:07 +0000 http://www.katesays.org/?p=168#comment-913 [...] I’m home again full-time starting in June, though, you might see just a FEW complaints about the lack of [...] [...] I’m home again full-time starting in June, though, you might see just a FEW complaints about the lack of [...]

]]> By: inpi http://www.katesays.org/2008/05/09/i-resigned/#comment-799 inpi Tue, 13 May 2008 22:32:59 +0000 http://www.katesays.org/?p=168#comment-799 Congratulations! I would like to follow your example one day. Best wishes for your new adventure! Ines Congratulations! I would like to follow your example one day. Best wishes for your new adventure!
Ines

]]> By: Nedra Isenberg http://www.katesays.org/2008/05/09/i-resigned/#comment-764 Nedra Isenberg Mon, 12 May 2008 02:30:33 +0000 http://www.katesays.org/?p=168#comment-764 Best of luck to you Kate. From what I've read you have the drive, motivation and determination to make it work. I look forward to reading your updates. Nedra Isenbergs last blog post..<a href="http://elementarytechteacher.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/day-10-comment-audit/" rel="nofollow">Day 10 Comment Audit</a> Best of luck to you Kate. From what I’ve read you have the drive, motivation and determination to make it work. I look forward to reading your updates.

Nedra Isenbergs last blog post..Day 10 Comment Audit

]]> By: Kate http://www.katesays.org/2008/05/09/i-resigned/#comment-763 Kate Mon, 12 May 2008 02:29:29 +0000 http://www.katesays.org/?p=168#comment-763 @All wonderful supporters - Thanks to all of the rest of you who are so reassuring right now - this is rather scary! I look forward to sharing my ups and downs in this journey with you and will connect with you as I go. @All wonderful supporters -

Thanks to all of the rest of you who are so reassuring right now - this is rather scary! I look forward to sharing my ups and downs in this journey with you and will connect with you as I go.

]]> By: Chad L. http://www.katesays.org/2008/05/09/i-resigned/#comment-756 Chad L. Sun, 11 May 2008 03:00:02 +0000 http://www.katesays.org/?p=168#comment-756 Wow Kate! Next year will certainly bring some new challenges and excitement for you. Good luck with everything - I hope it works out the way you want it to. Chad L.s last blog post..<a href="http://imcguy.blogspot.com/2008/05/some-great-reading.html" rel="nofollow">Some Great Reading</a> Wow Kate! Next year will certainly bring some new challenges and excitement for you. Good luck with everything - I hope it works out the way you want it to.

Chad L.s last blog post..Some Great Reading

]]> By: Diane Hammond http://www.katesays.org/2008/05/09/i-resigned/#comment-751 Diane Hammond Sat, 10 May 2008 17:41:17 +0000 http://www.katesays.org/?p=168#comment-751 I know exactly how you are feeling - excited, hopeful, scared, sad...all rolled into a jumble of emotions! I opted to leave the classroom more than five years ago, after spending 25+ years loving being a teacher. The not-for-profit organization I've helped found is constantly evolving and struggling to stay afloat. It's hard work but so incredibly rewarding! In spite of the uncertainty that comes from not knowing where my next paycheck will come from, I couldn't have made a better decision!!! Best of luck! Diane Hammonds last blog post..<a href="http://nexus.ontarioblogs.com/index.php/2008/05/10/the-comment-challenge-building-community-one-conversation-at-a-time/" rel="nofollow">The Comment Challenge: Building Community One Conversation at a Time</a> I know exactly how you are feeling - excited, hopeful, scared, sad…all rolled into a jumble of emotions! I opted to leave the classroom more than five years ago, after spending 25+ years loving being a teacher. The not-for-profit organization I’ve helped found is constantly evolving and struggling to stay afloat. It’s hard work but so incredibly rewarding! In spite of the uncertainty that comes from not knowing where my next paycheck will come from, I couldn’t have made a better decision!!! Best of luck!

Diane Hammonds last blog post..The Comment Challenge: Building Community One Conversation at a Time

]]> By: Mark http://www.katesays.org/2008/05/09/i-resigned/#comment-750 Mark Sat, 10 May 2008 16:22:26 +0000 http://www.katesays.org/?p=168#comment-750 Awesome! How exciting/terrifying! Marks last blog post..<a href="http://www.mlarson.org/2008/05/07/then/" rel="nofollow">Then!</a> Awesome! How exciting/terrifying!

Marks last blog post..Then!

]]> By: Tim (@Twalk) Walker http://www.katesays.org/2008/05/09/i-resigned/#comment-749 Tim (@Twalk) Walker Sat, 10 May 2008 16:16:08 +0000 http://www.katesays.org/?p=168#comment-749 More power to you, Kate! You strike me as someone who's going to have to find her own particular way of doing things, no matter what. (Maybe I'm prone to see you that way b/c we're friends and I see *myself* that way.) So light out for that territory that only you can ever explore. More power to you, Kate! You strike me as someone who’s going to have to find her own particular way of doing things, no matter what. (Maybe I’m prone to see you that way b/c we’re friends and I see *myself* that way.) So light out for that territory that only you can ever explore.

]]> By: Ken Allan http://www.katesays.org/2008/05/09/i-resigned/#comment-747 Ken Allan Sat, 10 May 2008 09:52:16 +0000 http://www.katesays.org/?p=168#comment-747 @Kate – Kia Ora. Part of a comment I put on <a href="http://michelemartin.typepad.com/thebambooprojectblog//2008/05/dropping-out.html" rel="nofollow">one of Michele Martin’s</a> recent posts embodies a metaphor on kids and teachers. The comment was to another commenter, Clarita, who also left teaching after a relatively short span. I will paste it here for you. “Teachers have to be dedicated in order to succeed in what they try to do for their kids. From the point of view of the teacher, there is a balance that only the teacher can control. This is between being sufficiently dedicated as a teacher and managing personal life so that dedication can be maintained. However complex the system of educating kids may be, the humanness of the people at the interface – the kids and the teachers - can never be overlooked. There is a balancing act like two people seesawing on a high trapeze. One represents the welfare of the kids, the other the welfare of the teachers. Anything that interferes with the welfare of one side will also affect the welfare of the other.” You’ve made a hard decision but I think that it’s the right one. Go well Kate. Cheers from Middle-earth @Kate – Kia Ora.

Part of a comment I put on one of Michele Martin’s recent posts embodies a metaphor on kids and teachers. The comment was to another commenter, Clarita, who also left teaching after a relatively short span. I will paste it here for you.

“Teachers have to be dedicated in order to succeed in what they try to do for their kids. From the point of view of the teacher, there is a balance that only the teacher can control. This is between being sufficiently dedicated as a teacher and managing personal life so that dedication can be maintained.

However complex the system of educating kids may be, the humanness of the people at the interface – the kids and the teachers - can never be overlooked. There is a balancing act like two people seesawing on a high trapeze. One represents the welfare of the kids, the other the welfare of the teachers. Anything that interferes with the welfare of one side will also affect the welfare of the other.”

You’ve made a hard decision but I think that it’s the right one.

Go well Kate.

Cheers from Middle-earth

]]> By: Marie http://www.katesays.org/2008/05/09/i-resigned/#comment-742 Marie Sat, 10 May 2008 01:41:09 +0000 http://www.katesays.org/?p=168#comment-742 You'll make it because you have the determination and drive to follow your passion. I had a feeling you would quit teaching in the classroom ... there were a few hints in your posts!! Best of luck. You’ll make it because you have the determination and drive to follow your passion. I had a feeling you would quit teaching in the classroom … there were a few hints in your posts!! Best of luck.

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