God bless teachers

I had this half-assed idea recently that I was going to try to enter the Baltimore teaching residency, and get my teaching certificate by teaching in an inner-city school. The website made it sound really cool - you're making a difference in the world while furthering your career, yada yada yada. I realized that first-hand (non-program-subsidized) opinions from actual teachers might be a little less rosy, so I checked out some blogs written by some Teach for America teachers in Baltimore and other urban areas. Here's a few of them:

http://profeclark.blogspot.com/

http://mccantsium.blogspot.com/

http://paralysisthroughanalysis.blogspot.com/

and if you want to read a more depressing one from someone who's completely given up:

http://solidarityinmediocrity.blogspot.com/


Wow. I was so humbled by reading these teachers' experiences. I mean, I complain about trying to find a church with the perfect service, and find the perfect job, and here are some people with some real problems (finding real solutions!!). I was also a little envious - they're seriously doing some of the most real, world-changing work you could do. Not so envious that I signed up, though.