Teaching with Tim

Yes, I am still alive, and no, I haven’t completely forgotten about my blog… never thought I would be this close to June.  Things have settled into a routine now, and I now longer feel any sense of being on some kind of exotic teaching safari, soon to return to reality–in fact, I can easily imagine remaining in L.A. and teaching beyond my two-year TFA committment.   Teaching does not feel dramatic or foreign–it is just what I do now.  For that reason, I am glad that I have some time off on the horizon.  Not only becuase I am deeply exhausted, but because I am curious to see what I have become.  My sense of identity outside of teaching feels tenous and dated; most of my personal growth in the past year, whether intellectual, emotional, or social, has been in some way tied to this all-consuming experience.  So, more concretely, what I mean when I say “I am curious to see what I have become” is “I am curious to see what I will do with myself when I actually have free time.”  Hiking, travel, and books will undoubtedly re-surface, but I also have a lurking fear that I will end up despondent and directionless without lesson plans to write and papers to grade.  Speaking of which, that’s just what I need to do right now… but if you have any questions or comments about anything, please shoot me an email at tim_schlosser@yahoo.com