Down Time and Teacher Connections

I have people I love. I have people that I've connected with over time, people that I consider "friend." But I have very few people that I am really close to.

I have so many people that I care about, and hopefully as many that care about me. But lately I've been longing for people who are more than friends. I think I'm starting to realize who I want those people to be.

I have my boyfriend, a wonderful guy who is more supportive to me in my endeavors to teach than I could ever have hoped for. I have, as I said, a few friends who I interact with in social situations and depend on in times of need.

But I want to be friends with teachers.

The people in my Hub are amazing. I don't really know any of them that well [yet], but they're there for me when I need them, every one of them, and I try to be there for them.

I really want to be close to them. It's a personal desire, but when I think about why I want to be close to them, I realize that those people are going to be my greatest resource when I actually do start teaching.

I know I'm going to be working in a school with a teaching team that will be a good resource. But I want to have these people in my hub, especially a few that I particularly long for their friendship, to be in my life through our actual careers in teaching.

I also think about my mentor in high school, Mr. Rupprecht, the guy who made me want to teach social studies and encouraged my decision to go to PLU (though I'm not sure he knows he encouraged it...) I haven't e-mailed him in a while, and I really hope that I don't lose track of all the help he gave me, even if he doesn't realize how much he helped me.

I want to be that teacher to someone, and I'd like to keep in contact with the guy who made me want to be that way.

I'm stuck on the fact that my peers and my mentor are going to be the greatest friends I'll ever have, even if I don't see them every day. Even if I'm not that close to them.

I want to be close to them.