Teachers on this list (LONG).

[Amy Z]

Jenny wrote:

> I loved Amazing Grace.  I read it quite a while ago, actually, but 
the 
> book of his that really blew me away was Savage Inequalities.  The 
> school Kozol described in East St. Louis made NYC school look like 
the 
> life of luxury.  I hope things there have changed.  I've heard that 
> Kozol is actually back in the classroom in Boston again - yay!

Good news, yes!  Savage Inequalities was terrific also, I agree.
 
> BTW Amy Z, I would have never guessed that you are a minister.  

ROFL!  I'm not sure how to interpret that remark! 

>What made you pursue that line of work?

Short version:  what other line of work would allow me to:

-write (and have people listen to/read what I write! what a bonus!)
-teach
-counsel
-hear people's life stories
-read and study
-think about religious questions
-visit people when they're sick or grieving
-tell stories to children
-create meaningful worship and rites of passage
-work for social justice
-pay attention to what's going on in the news
-create community
-sing
-go to church

and get paid for it?  The above contains a stunning number of my 
favorite things to do.  I do have to do some other things, like 
administration and asking for money, that are not on my favorite 
things to do list, but no job is perfect.

The long version involves my entire spiritual journey, and I won't 
subject the list to it.  ;-)
 
> --jenny from ravenclaw, who is currently reading the "A Series of 
> Unfortunate Events" books and getting a kick out of t

A guy I went to college with wrote those.  I only vaguely remember 
him.  I saw it in the alumni mag right around the time I was getting 
into HP and had seen "A Series" on a list of "What to Read While 
You're Waiting for Book 5," so it caught my eye.  I checked one out in 
a bookstore and it seemed funny.

Amy Z