This is the conversation in the back seat while we were driving home today (Feb. 1): Nathan: I'm going to be a teacher when I get bigger. Me: Oh yeah? Are you going to teach big kids or little kids ? Nathan: Big kids. I'm going to teach big kids. Andrew: My teach big kids too! Nathan: Andrew, we have to wait until we get bigger, then we can teach big kids. And I'm going to get bigger first. The end of August was the start of a new school year, but also a new school for me. It has always been my goal to teach high school, but like most things in life, the journey was not as straight as planned. When I first started at middle school in the fall of 2008, I was very appreciative for the full time position that would be my foot in the door. I became even more appreciative as the economy changed and school districts starting laying off teachers and reducing their teacher populations. For years, I heard about how my incoming "class" of teachers was &q
Family stories from PDX to BG to MV