Doc I Think I'm Crazy...

I recently made the decision to change my major to Secondary Education in English. This decision makes so much sense it is unbelievable that I really considered something else. The only problem I have is I do not want to deal with the problems I saw in high school. the behaviour issues and the performance issues were just pathetic. Metro Nashville has some the worst issues when it comes to student performance and behaviour in the nation. I don't have to go back there to teach, but they are the highest paying district in the state aside from Memphis. I have no interest in going to Memphis.
The solution I have is I want to make myself a perfect pick for the "Big Three" in Nashville. In Metro there are two academic magnet schools and one arts inspired enhanced option. Any of these schools would be a perfect fit for me. I do have a supreme pick, though. In downtown Nashville stands Hume-Fogg Magnet School. This school is a beautiful piece of historic culture for the city. As well, it plays a part in my family history. My father, uncle, cousins, and aunt and other uncle all went there. This school and these people are partly the reason why my parents met.

In any of the big three the issues of typical metro schools typically don't exist. So any of the three will suffice, but of course my hope is for this gem.
Here I can be inspired merely by the fact of going to work in the morning. Knowing I will walk into this building and have a classroom of students who want to learn, that is what I dream of. I think all teachers dream of this. I want to find ways to bring every form of art into this. I want movies, songs, paintings, and theatre. That is what makes a student learn. The connect to their world allows a student relate to it and apply it to more than just one aspect of life. I was given this toolkit in high school and I want to pass it on.
My mother thought I had went insane when I told her I wanted to change my major. She is a teacher; her school is not very far from Hume-Fogg. She went to school while I was in grade school and I watched every step of the process. This gives me a certain step up on school in my opinion, because I know what to expect about every part of it. She got a big wake-up call when she started. And I watched this. I know what some students with me do not have a clue about. Yet, in me I know I am potentially going to get the worst classes in the district yet even with that I am perfectly fine with calling myself a future teacher. I'm ready to take to the battlefield.