Saturday, October 04, 2008

From Carmen to Classroom-People Coming Alive Files

She said she was a teacher. I asked her how long she'd been teaching. "I've been doing it for a year. I used to be a professional opera singer. One day I was teaching children, and I realized that I was having much more fun than I ever have on stage. So I turned in my contract, and started teaching." Not only did she make the change to the classroom, but to special education! "Children, today we'll be singing Tosca. You each have a copy of the libretto. Please sing along."

2 comments:

Grafted Branch said...

I. love. that!

Oh what a different world it would be if we treated children like people instead of pets.

Robert said...

Great story. Is it horrible of me to want you to soon tell of someone going from classroom teacher to professional photographer???