Looking at the Big Picture

As an educator, many days I wear twenty hats. I am teacher, nurse, coach, counselor, negotiator and often a referee. I have deadlines to meet, committees to work on, parents to call back, fieldtrips to plan and the list goes on. At times it seems daunting, at the very least overwhelming, but when I look at the big picture my load feels a little lighter. I have to tell myself not to take myselfe so seriously. What I have to take seriously is the job. Teaching is a very serious business, most teachers realize this and use humor to survive all of the day to day rigor. So when I'm looking at the big picture I have to laugh. I just imagine what others see...me behind a stack of papers to be graded, trying to put a band-aid on the arm of one student with one hand and writing on the overhead projector with the other hand. Did I mention I'm back in school taking graduate classes again...I have to laugh.