Go Jets!

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Teacher-me…

Was once told by a co-worker that she wasn’t a REAL teacher…as in not a classroom teacher…and didn’t exactly mean it as a compliment…have to say it stung a little…

Those degrees and certificates said ‘teacher’ but the most recent one also said ‘Reading Specialist’…so teacher-me decided if she wasn’t deemed a REAL teacher, she would consider herself a reading intervention specialist…

Which is what she was…worked with small groups of readers from many grades and classrooms…built confidence…reinforced reading skills…tried to make it fun…but sometimes a child hesitated…

Didn’t want to be singled out…pulled from classroom activities…taunted for needing that extra boost…

Bought a poster from the book fair cuz a student loved jets…put it by the door…started using the phrase as a mantra…and then…it happened…

We became The Jets…

Every reader who crossed that threshold was deemed a Jet…each lesson ended in a team huddle…hands in…the mantra said…followed by a raucous “Go Jets!”…

Kids were proud to be a Jet…
Kids not in the class wanted to be a Jet…
And they knew…once a Jet, always a Jet…

And so it is…in life…find your team…be confident…feel successful…

And if you’re sad, stop being sad and be awesome instead…

GOOOOO JETS!!!
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And that little team of mine…would agree…