WEBVTT - A Labor of Love

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<v Speaker 1>This is on the Job. This season, we're speaking with

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<v Speaker 1>folks who are finding their professional stride in a tumultuous

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<v Speaker 1>job market and learning how to double down on their

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<v Speaker 1>skills and their experience to overcome challenges. We'll bring you

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<v Speaker 1>inspiring stories of people making themselves essential, an important skill

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<v Speaker 1>set in any economy. Within the turbulence of COVID nineteen,

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<v Speaker 1>education workers have been navigating the waters of a new

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<v Speaker 1>normal in order to continue doing what they've always done,

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<v Speaker 1>pass on knowledge, and move the world forward. While the

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<v Speaker 1>schools have stopped operating, teachers all across the globe have

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<v Speaker 1>not good morning Star students and families. Mrs camp Pol

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<v Speaker 1>Piano here to talk about a rainbow poem. I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to go ahead and share my screen here. This is

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<v Speaker 1>from a video that Gayl Campo Piano made for her

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<v Speaker 1>second grade students, and we are going to write a

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<v Speaker 1>poem today about a garden. This is camp Pol Piano

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<v Speaker 1>titled her home My Garden, and we're going to use

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<v Speaker 1>She teaches at Northwest Elementary School in Rutland, Vermont, which,

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<v Speaker 1>like all schools, closed during the pandemic, and since then

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<v Speaker 1>she's been teaching classes through these videos, working with parents

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<v Speaker 1>and students to finish out the school year from their homes.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm going to write the word red. And I'm

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<v Speaker 1>thinking of something in my garden that is read. So

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<v Speaker 1>I know I have read beats growing in my garden

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<v Speaker 1>and name. I guess if you had to describe your

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<v Speaker 1>life right now with one word, what would it be? Um?

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<v Speaker 1>One word? That might be the word yeah, that might

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<v Speaker 1>be the word no. I would say um jungling. The

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<v Speaker 1>next color I'm going to use in my rainbow is yellow,

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<v Speaker 1>so I'm gonna say yellow. I've taught short workshops in

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<v Speaker 1>elementary schools before, and it was clear pretty quickly that

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<v Speaker 1>the undertaking of teaching itself is a juggling act. First off,

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<v Speaker 1>as a primary teacher, you're teaching kids everything. Yep. So

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<v Speaker 1>I do reading, writing, math, science, social studies. And while

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<v Speaker 1>Gail has been teaching for thirteen years now, it is

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<v Speaker 1>a whole new ballgame when her eighteen students are all

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<v Speaker 1>in completely different places. I have to learn a new

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<v Speaker 1>tech every day. I feel like with our new world.

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<v Speaker 1>So I had never used video. I had done face

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<v Speaker 1>time with family, but that was about the extent of it.

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<v Speaker 1>And now I feel like we live on it. She's

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<v Speaker 1>been troubleshooting tech with parents, helping some families set up

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<v Speaker 1>email for the first time, making sure each kid has

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<v Speaker 1>everything they need to get their work done, and also

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<v Speaker 1>what's too much for them and what's too much for

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<v Speaker 1>their families, and kind of having those conversations and phone

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<v Speaker 1>calls and check ins with the families. Now that her

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<v Speaker 1>lessons kind of depend on parents, she's looking out for

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<v Speaker 1>each of them. How's your mental state as a parent,

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<v Speaker 1>Do you have food? Do you are you sick? And

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<v Speaker 1>do you also have a family. Yeah, so I also

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<v Speaker 1>have two kiddos, one who's in first grade, so you know,

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<v Speaker 1>balancing her online learning and trying to because she's being

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<v Speaker 1>taught by another teacher. Yep, she is. Um. She has

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<v Speaker 1>another teacher at another school who's doing the same exact

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<v Speaker 1>thing I'm doing. Not to mention her three year old

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<v Speaker 1>son who likes to make sure that her and her

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<v Speaker 1>husband's day starts at four am sharp, and who just

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<v Speaker 1>learned how to get out of his crib. So it's

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<v Speaker 1>it's a juggle. Some days the balls stay in the

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<v Speaker 1>air better than others. Gayle was actually born and raised

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<v Speaker 1>in my hometown, Mount Holly, Vermont. She did a very

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<v Speaker 1>rural upbringing. She got good grades, she left going to school.

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<v Speaker 1>But I didn't grow up thinking I was going to

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<v Speaker 1>be a teacher. I was certain my whole life that

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<v Speaker 1>I was going to be a marine biologist working with

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<v Speaker 1>these giant whales in the ocean. Is that what you

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<v Speaker 1>thought when you were a kid, that you wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>work with wales? Yeah, whales, or you know, something like

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<v Speaker 1>mine was sharks. So funny when Gayle grew up and

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<v Speaker 1>got to high school, she took a p bio and

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<v Speaker 1>it wasn't exactly what she'd fantasized as a kid, but

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<v Speaker 1>she was going to stick to the plant. And before

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<v Speaker 1>she graduated in her senior year, she had a free

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<v Speaker 1>period and decided she just try something different. So I

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<v Speaker 1>did a volunteer in a kindergarten classroom, and I realized,

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<v Speaker 1>oh my god, I really love this. So about three

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<v Speaker 1>quarters through the year of my senior year, when I

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<v Speaker 1>had already basically decided where I was going to college

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<v Speaker 1>and had that kind of mapped out, I did a

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<v Speaker 1>one a d and changed everything. Gail went to Rhode

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<v Speaker 1>Island College and got her teaching degree with the concentration

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<v Speaker 1>in special education. After teaching in Rhode Island for a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of years, she came back home to Vermont, starting

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<v Speaker 1>off as a special educator and then a classroom teacher.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you think the biggest misconceptions are that people

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<v Speaker 1>have about teaching? Oh, you do it for the weekends

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<v Speaker 1>off and the summer's off and the you know, the

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<v Speaker 1>really good pay which is um none of which are true.

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<v Speaker 1>So I think that people have some misconceptions about what

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<v Speaker 1>actually happens in a school in the eight hour that

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<v Speaker 1>were there and the two hours that were there before

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<v Speaker 1>and after, and the weekend when we're there. Although she

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<v Speaker 1>says that she's starting to see a shift now that

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<v Speaker 1>parents have the responsibility of doing what she is professionally

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<v Speaker 1>trained to do. Yeah, it's like, oh, I get what

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<v Speaker 1>teachers do now, Like I get that school wasn't just

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<v Speaker 1>reading writing Matt. She admits it's not exactly fair. She

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<v Speaker 1>went to school for this and every family now has

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<v Speaker 1>a lot on their plate. Even so, she says that

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<v Speaker 1>being dubbed essential in a time of crisis was validating. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I think at some point it was like a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit validating when you think of how is the world

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<v Speaker 1>going to continue? This is like something that people are

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<v Speaker 1>saying is essential. More than just being a place where

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<v Speaker 1>kids can learn, schools provide so much more. They provide food.

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<v Speaker 1>They can really be a shelter in a safe place

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<v Speaker 1>for a lot of kids that might not have one,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's a place where deep connection are formed between

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<v Speaker 1>teacher and student as they try to find their way

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<v Speaker 1>in the world. That's a struggle I think that teachers

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<v Speaker 1>are feeling right now is how do you just you know,

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<v Speaker 1>how do you keep that connection going? How do you

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<v Speaker 1>be there when you've always been there? Ye more of

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<v Speaker 1>gael Story and the new reality of teaching after the break.

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<v Speaker 1>lot of online softwares that teachers used to connect with

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<v Speaker 1>families to make sure that these essential core classes continue. However,

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<v Speaker 1>Gayl Campo Piano says that for years, a huge part

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<v Speaker 1>of her normal school day has been social and emotional learning.

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<v Speaker 1>We start every day with restorative circles and community building

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<v Speaker 1>stuff and character traits, and we do yoga and all

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<v Speaker 1>of those things are so you do yoga with the kids.

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<v Speaker 1>School has changed a lot since there. Yeah, the kids

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<v Speaker 1>love it. Truth is, school has changed a lot in

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<v Speaker 1>the last couple of decades, and that's because the world

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<v Speaker 1>has changed a lot in the last couple of decades.

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<v Speaker 1>I think kids and even adults, I think our society

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<v Speaker 1>now has become really fast paced and there's a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of stressors in adults, but especially students. Lives in Rutland

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<v Speaker 1>where Gail teaches, it's a high poverty area. There's a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of drug and alcohol abuse, a lot of kids

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<v Speaker 1>have trauma, and second grade is a huge development here

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<v Speaker 1>for kids. They're just learning how to deal with those

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<v Speaker 1>emotions and those things that might trigger them, and learning

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<v Speaker 1>coping strategies. So we embed it almost all day long.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, if you're doing a math card game, you're

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<v Speaker 1>also teaching them how to lose and how to accept loss,

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<v Speaker 1>and how to take turns and all of those things

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<v Speaker 1>that maybe they haven't learned yet or just still need

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<v Speaker 1>to practice. People who understand teaching do understand the actual

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<v Speaker 1>workload of the job, the physical work load of doing

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<v Speaker 1>the job, especially if you have a family. Yeah, but

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<v Speaker 1>I guess like it's it's hard to imagine how much

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<v Speaker 1>emotional work you take on by essentially having this den

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<v Speaker 1>full of cubs that you yourself can't help but be

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<v Speaker 1>emotionally attached to as well. Yep, even just you know,

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<v Speaker 1>on a good day. Yeah, there's a large emotional attachment

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<v Speaker 1>that comes with teaching, for sure. For teachers, the classroom

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<v Speaker 1>can often be a safe place for kids who don't

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<v Speaker 1>have one. It's a place where teachers can offer some consistency,

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<v Speaker 1>let a kid know that they've got someone to turn to,

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<v Speaker 1>no matter how big or small the problem. Gail says,

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<v Speaker 1>that's the real challenge of distant learning, not being able

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<v Speaker 1>to check in on those kids that you are worried

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<v Speaker 1>about that. You know, really, the first time you hug

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<v Speaker 1>them in the morning is the only time that they've

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<v Speaker 1>been hugged in the morning. You know, when they hear

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<v Speaker 1>the principles say that they're loved on the announced it

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<v Speaker 1>in the morning, might be the first time that they

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<v Speaker 1>heard those words. So that's that's hard boiled down. The

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<v Speaker 1>role of a teacher is being there and helping a

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<v Speaker 1>student move forward. It's a huge responsibility one that comes

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<v Speaker 1>with the job. Over her career, Gayle's experienced the impact

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<v Speaker 1>that role can really have on a kid, and she's

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<v Speaker 1>experienced the impact that I can have on her. So

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<v Speaker 1>two years ago, I had a student who before the

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<v Speaker 1>year started, you know, we always get some information about

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<v Speaker 1>the children before they come into your classroom, and I

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<v Speaker 1>was teaching kindergarten at the time. The preschool of the

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<v Speaker 1>student went to let Gail know that he had significant

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<v Speaker 1>behavioral challenges and was going to need a lot of support.

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<v Speaker 1>This little boy came in and everything I had been

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<v Speaker 1>told was completely false. He was just really easy to

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<v Speaker 1>work with, really good friends, worked super duper hard on

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<v Speaker 1>everything you wanted him to do. He just really wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to please. She was relieved, couldn't have had a better

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<v Speaker 1>start of the year. And then in about October, he

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<v Speaker 1>left school, went home and no one was at his

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<v Speaker 1>house to pick him up off the bus, so he

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<v Speaker 1>was brought back to the school and some phone calls

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<v Speaker 1>were made, and that sometimes happens, and the day, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>time kind of passed and the story kept kind of unfolding,

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<v Speaker 1>and his mother had passed away. The student had seen

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<v Speaker 1>his mother that morning and she was fine. His big

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<v Speaker 1>sister and a preacher from their local church came to

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<v Speaker 1>the school where he was waiting, and they sat him

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<v Speaker 1>down and they told him it was a Friday. So

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<v Speaker 1>over the weekend he went to go live with a

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<v Speaker 1>police officer and his family that went to the same church.

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<v Speaker 1>Totally traumatic, as you can imagine. UM. So then Monday

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<v Speaker 1>came and it was just horrific, like you can't even

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<v Speaker 1>imagine he um, and I'm going to get choked up

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<v Speaker 1>about it. He came in early and he just like

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<v Speaker 1>ran into the classroom and wrapped his arms around me

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<v Speaker 1>and um just melted just sobbing, you know, and it

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<v Speaker 1>was just the most heartbreaking thing that I think anyone

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<v Speaker 1>can ever imagine. When the rest of the kindergarten came in,

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<v Speaker 1>Gail and a guidance counselor talked to the class about

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<v Speaker 1>what happened. This happened over the weekend he lost his mom, Like,

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<v Speaker 1>this is how we can support him. We just have

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<v Speaker 1>to give him space and understand that this is really,

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<v Speaker 1>really sad and scary for him. Gail says it was

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<v Speaker 1>one of the hardest days of her life, but some

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<v Speaker 1>of the best ones came from that following year as

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<v Speaker 1>she watched other students be there for him and got

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<v Speaker 1>to help him work through it all. Sometimes he lose

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<v Speaker 1>control and she would take him aside to the bean

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<v Speaker 1>bag corner of the room and help him talk it out.

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<v Speaker 1>He would just say I just miss her so much

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<v Speaker 1>and just like melt into you know, and you're like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, this is this is why I do this job.

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<v Speaker 1>It's to teach the reading and the writing and the math,

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<v Speaker 1>but it's also to to help kind of form these

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<v Speaker 1>little lives that are just starting very and I'm going

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<v Speaker 1>to end my rainbow with purple in my garden. We

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<v Speaker 1>always loved have purple carrets cares. If you had to

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<v Speaker 1>say one thing to anyone who wants to become a teacher,

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<v Speaker 1>what would it be. Get into a classroom as quick

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<v Speaker 1>as you can in your studies, or even before your studies,

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<v Speaker 1>and see if it's if it really is something that

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<v Speaker 1>you that you love, because teaching really does have to

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<v Speaker 1>be a labor of love. And there's something about a

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<v Speaker 1>purple carret that just makes me happy. So I'll end

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<v Speaker 1>with that feeling. Purple carrets make me smile. If someone says,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, how would you identify yourself? I would say,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm a teacher, and I'm a mother, and I'm a wife.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, there's lots of other layers there, but that

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<v Speaker 1>definitely is one of the first things that I would say,

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<v Speaker 1>because it's not just a job. Yeah no, it's not.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not something that I can just leave at the door.

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<v Speaker 1>You can write a rainbow poem of your own. It's

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<v Speaker 1>not a nine to five can't wait to read. Stop

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<v Speaker 1>sharing my screen. Talk to you soon, miss you. Good

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<v Speaker 1>bye for on the job. I'm otus Gray. Thanks for

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<v Speaker 1>listening to on the job. Brought to you by Express

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<v Speaker 1>Employment Professionals. This season of On the Job is produced

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<v Speaker 1>by Audiation and Red Seat Ventures. The episodes are written

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<v Speaker 1>and produced by me Otus Gray. Our executive produce he

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<v Speaker 1>is Sandy Smallens. The show was mixed by Matt Noble

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<v Speaker 1>for Audiation Studios at The Loft in Bronxville, New York.

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