TIME FOR A CHANGE

I started attending school in 1963. September through May ....... most recently, August through May........... year after year back to school. As a student, I completed twelve years of public school and five years of college. As an educator, I have taught music for twenty-nine years. Forty six years of my life have revolved around following the rules, regulations and deadlines set by others. My days have been divided into periods of time surrounded by the ringing of a school bell. I have done my best to resist the urge to by "tardy." I have learned the required formulas, expressed myself with perfect grammar, walked in line single file, and have "played well with others" (most of the time.) It feels that the time has come to go in a different direction now. Think about the time I've invested in formal education: forty six years; 8,280 days; 66,240 hours....... it's mind boggling. I think it's time. It's to for me to make the rules and regulations, time to design my own calendar, time to turn off the school bells and time to forget "playing well with others." I think I am ready to be tardy any time I want to. I think I'll start soon.