I've been quiet.

I've been very quiet online. So the question is, have I been cruising or drowning in my career as a teacher? Currently, I'm happy to report that I've been coping well and am still looking forward to a fruitful career in teaching. My government should be well pleased to know that this recruit at least, has little to complain about and is enthusiastic about her vocation.

I wanted to start off my blog with the title, "My students have no life." That, however, is not exactly the most optimistic sentence in this sea of negativity my students are living in. Nonetheless, as I mark composition after composition, I am convinced that this generation needs help: to find meaning to life, to live fruitfully, to have life. To plainly speak, someone needs to teach this generation how to have fun.

Take for example what one 14 year old student writes (grammatically edited) :

The television is my life. I have been watching television since I was young so
the television is very important to me.

To be honest, I really wanted to cry when I read this statement. One might be consoling and say that young people are prone to exaggeration and have little understanding in enormity. Yet, knowing the power of words, I can't help but wonder how my students see themselves.