I'm giving away an iTunes gift card over at Lipgloss and Crayons. (Don't leave just yet to enter it, keep reading!) Last month, I won a giveaway Carly and friends were hosting and snagged some really awesome ad spaces, one being on her blog. Well, she totally rocks and I 100% recommend sponsoring her blog if you haven't done so already! Go check out the giveaway and her post about what she, as a teacher, wears to school. But first, check out the rest of today's post...
I am so excited to introduce you to a lovely lady I have met in the blogging world named Stephanie. I can't remember exactly how I stumbled onto her blog but I am so excited I did. I swapped blog buttons with her for the month and we got to talking and discovered we have a few things in common. We are both working in the education field as school counselors (I'm still not employed yet, but she is!), we both thought we would HATE middle school before we started working in it, and we both live in Florida. Enough from me: read about the reasons she loves being a school counselor, and be sure to stop by her blog too!
Hi everyone! My name is Stephanie, I blog over at Never The Same Spice Twice...where I plan my meals each week (most weeks anyway), post recipes and tips I've picked up along the way, and talk about what life is like with the sweetest hubby AND a baby on the way! But what a lot of people don't know about me is that I'm a school counselor (my day job)! I'm excited that Angela has invited me to guest post over here, and thought I would talk a little bit about the 5 reasons I enjoy being a counselor!
1. Every day is different! I can't even tell you how many times I catch myself saying "Never had this situation before"!
2. There is an extreme entertainment factor! Yes, kids say the darndest things...and so do the parents! You just have to laugh!
3. You get to make a difference! You may not see the results for a while, and sometimes you will wonder if "it's all even worth it". And then suddenly, that "Ah-Ha" moment comes, and you realize why you love your job!
4. You get to do a little bit of everything! Ok, if you are thinking of going into the field you probably have heard "you don't get to do nearly as much counseling as you would like". Unfortunately this is true, but you get to do a variety of other things so it never gets boring!
5. You get to go all out with school spirit!!! This is the beauty of working in education in general...see picture above! You get to participate in decade days, crazy sock days, pirate days, character dress up day...the list goes ON!
Don't get me wrong there are days when I feel completely overwhelmed! Things move very quickly, and there is literally not enough time in the day to even scratch the surface! But at the root of it all I'm still happy with my career decision, and I'm grateful to work with a wonderful team! Since this is one of the craziest times of the year, coordinating state testing, 6th grade orientations, as well as the beginning stages of developing next years master schedule....it is nice to reflect on the reasons why I do love being a school counselor.
If you have any questions, just ask!!!
