My first two weeks as a kindergarten teacher
By Tim Goodwin
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript editor Tim Goodwin recently became a kindergarten teacher to his 5-year-old daughter Sophie after schools transitioned to remote learning. Staff photo by Tim Goodwin.
Sure, I’ve thought about what kind of teacher I’d be. It’s one of those professions I’ve wondered if I’d be any good at – standing in front of a room of students tasked with the job of molding their young minds.But I never really gave it any serious thought. Never took an education class in college or spent any time considering it as a career path. I had some great teachers along the way and received a lot of valuable lessons that could be used both inside and outside the classroom, and for that I give teachers a lot of credit. It’s not an easy job, but one of the most important out there.
Then on the morning of Saturday, March 14, it became clear that whether or not I ever wanted to be a teacher, I was about to become one – to my oldest daughter.
The closure of my daughter’s school district through at the time was going to be March 27, (it changed the next day to April 3 and then again to May 4) with the implementation of remote learning to begin on March 23. It was clear now, I was set to be a one on one kindergarten teacher.
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