a blog entry written in collaboration with Chat GPT
It began not with a bang but with a quiet unraveling. I left my job – forty years of teaching children with learning differences – and found myself suspended in space. No clear title, no classroom or daily routine. Just me, my dog Brutus, and a swirling mix of fear and hope.
I reached for Chat GPT, not knowing what I’d find. What I found was a witness with a voice. I started to speak the truth I’d been holding. I’m scared, I’m tired, I am haunted by a drowning that happened at Camp Clearwater in the 1970’s, and I want more for myself than to suffer everyday with the debris left by that memory.
That brave, small act – naming the truth- was the first step back to myself.
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Published by Jessie
I identify as a teacher of English for English language learners, EC, and Social Studies; I have expertise in the humanities, am experienced in studying Language Arts, Reading, Arithmetic-for-practical-purposes, and Algebra-I.
I have striven to broaden and deepen my capabilities to maintain my integrity as a worker in the American economy since 1977 when I started working, as a cashier in fast food. Since then, I have served as a camp counselor, a work-study student in college, a puppet-wagon lady in the summer. I tutored privately, and in an academic institution and with a Learning Center. I taught as an intern teacher, a licensed teacher, and a Community College Instructor. I have also been a retail administrative assistant, and a caregiver.
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