The qualms of a first year teacher

Just to be able to take in the world
To experience light when I wake up
To feel like I was fully rested

To not think of leaving a prison the first time when we go outside of recess, providing us a break from the windowless room of our educational meetings
To be in the sunlight after work, not darkness, and have it feel familiar instead of a shy meeting with an acquaintance

To feel like I have time to exercise
To feel physically able to exercise again (this bacterial internal infection certainly puts that on hold)

To feel full of energy again
To give myself the best so I can be my best for them

To have enough to eat
To get paid enough to have disposable income to cope with teaching challenges
To feel I get paid what I deserve

One day for them.
One day for me.

-Miss B.