Leave it to the Professionals

A short commentary about the reaction I had when my Composition Professor asked if I have ever thought of becoming an English teacher. Just a little sarcastic humor with some nice, proper language.

When your Composition professor asks if you’ve ever considered becoming an English teacher. My assumptions precede that one must harbor exceptional capabilities toward the subject in its entirety, as to ensure mass distribution of knowledge-like an unstoppable infectious disease-to the rapidly maturing brains of today’s students, but also future generations of students to come. Internally, however, I accept the realization that I do not possess the necessary academic arsenal to uphold such an imperatively dire mission. Simply because comma splices are considerably tricky to avoid-let alone eliminate-especially in my personal writing endeavors lol. I also use semi-colons incorrectly, along with countless other questionable mechanics one must comprehend with ease. Teachers/professors are professionals with whom parents place extreme, sometimes unrealistic expectations upon students and their achievements and successes or lack thereof. This leads to my humble conclusion that to assign such an effort to anyone with limited abilities (such as myself) would permit a complete dissipation of the core fundamentals of English and all it has contributed throughout history. The future of English, and its abundant array of heavily related co-subjects, would be unrecognizable under my unskilled eye. Let’s leave this one to the professionals, shall we?

Reviews

[Patricia Wedel]

Sometimes I surprise myself, but not often enough. Everything we have been exposed to in life is part of our psyche and will influence our talent. My motto is "pleasing to the eye" and "tender to the soul". Amen Pat

[‘Thoughts In Time..]

Beg to differ- the way it goes with some teachers out there to say I’d say you’re be able to do a better job than some- professional is a word some people don’t even know how to spell- 🌹

[ZakLeonRamsey]

'Leave it to the professionals' is a good poem, I can tell, from beginning to end.

[Kelli April]

Although, it is not a poem. It is a muse.

[Kelli April]

But, thank you!

[ZakLeonRamsey]

Oh yeah, sorry. I'm not really much of a professional at knowing these sort of things, I'm embarassing myself :(

[Kelli April]

No apologies needed! 😊 I didn’t mean to come across as rude, so I extend my sincerest apologies. I am a person who would NEVER offend someone intentionally, or say anything rude or negative either. You want to know a little secret? I didn’t even label it a “muse” until someone used this vocabulary in a review! So looks like we are canoeing the same river on this one! 😊😂

[ZakLeonRamsey]

Oh no, you are not offending me, don't worry, but I just feel a little unprofessional when I don't know what the difference between a muse and a poem

[Doodley]

I can relate to this piece, Kelli.

I had a similar experience in my schooling days; a head teacher of English and Literature predicted that i would become a writer beyond my schooling days. Of course, at the time it was laughed off. I knew i could write okay. I had imagination. I knew the fundamentals of writing and language pretty well. But i never considered myself even worthy of being uttered in the same sentence as "writer".

I have discovered that we as writers and poets are always filled with doubt. Our efforts are never good enough in our own eyes. Regardless of the positive reactions to them by others. The way i see it, that professor has seen something in you that you can not see in yourself. Self belief is a powerful tool. Perhaps it is time to forget about misplacing semi colons and commas (we all do that incorrectly at times!) and place some faith in your own knowledge and abilities. You might just surprise yourself!

I enjoyed this write. One that would be relatable to many of us self-suffering poets and writers. An excellent musing.

[Kelli April]

Thank you, your kind words mean a lot! I wanna be a professional writer so bad but no one thinks I can do it including myself. But it is my dream job

[Kelli April]

Might have to be a hobby until I produce something worth publishing? 😂

[Doodley]

Hobbies become professions. And practice makes perfect.

[Kelli April]

Where does a person even start with a book idea?

[Doodley]

Where Willy Wonka suggested......"in a world of pure imagination".