A Drop.

Tonight I was going to talk about my experience with technology in my classroom but.....

as I was reading various teacher's blogs I came across this quote on D. Kuropatwa's blog, A Difference. The quote really touched me.

See I'm a big quote person, one of those people somewhat, well you could say "obsessed" maybe. I have to know the exact lyrics to every song I like, and if I like it enough I write it down to go in my collection of quotes. I look up quotes on friendship, love, sadness....really how I'm feeling that day. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not a complete crazy, but for some reason other people always find a better way of saying what I'm trying to get out, so I just borrow it, read it, and enjoy it. This is a quote that I will forever enjoy:

"We sometimes feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop."

The reason I chose the teaching profession was to make a difference. I was inspired by the teaching profession in the profound way you have the ability to make a difference in a child's life. This quote moves me because I have always thought that even if I just make a difference in one, one single child's life I would be completely happy and feel rewarded. This quote just says exactly how I feel; atleast I would have done something for that one child and hopefully he/she is better for it, maybe they will be grateful their whole lives, maybe they won't even know, or don't care to say, but I know that if I didn't take the time or effort to help that one child, or many children, they would all be "missing a drop".