To everything, there is a season.

[etherial]

For the past month, I have been putting my energy into getting a position as a math teacher. I've had lots of encouragement from many sources, and that is very appreciated. I was also looking very much forward to telling the good news to Mr. Seiger, one of my favourite teachers from High School. He had ALS, and he's been slowly falling apart for the last several years. I'm sure he would have loved to hear it.

He passed away last week. I didn't realize that that sort of timing would actually happen in real life, though I suppose if it did, it would be inevitable that it would touch me. Though I had seem him just a few weeks ago, spending the day as he worked on his tan and told me about his plans on living forever, I had really wanted to see him again, to tell him "I am a teacher, and it's because of you."

He's gone now, and I am a teacher now, and I'm feeling karmically strange. I can't put my finger on it, but it feels like I inherited something.

Comments

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Go listen to Live's "Lightning Crashes".

[xevb3k.livejournal.com]

I'm really sorry that you didn't have a chance to tell him that. I'm sure his family would love to know that he inspired you to become a teacher, though. When someone said something meaningful like that about either of my parents after they died, it was one of the few things that made me smile and brought me comfort.

[neuromancerzss.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear you've become a teacher, I think you'll be good at it. And whether or not you believe in an afterlife, I'd guess that it would be more important to him that you think of him and use that to become a good teacher than that he get verbal validation that his work was worthwhile.

[(Anonymous)]

Talk about giving meaning to your life.

Congratulations and my sympathy

[kestrel404.livejournal.com]

Congrats on getting the job. I'm sure you'll do well.

And I'm sorry about your teacher. I'm sure he would be happy to know he inspired you.

He'd be proud

[ts52.livejournal.com]

I'm sure Dad would be proud. It certainly makes me glad to hear he inspired someone to become a teacher.