Okay so I just completed a teacher induction program. It just means that after a jillion years my teaching credential is finally completely clear.
Well at my very last meeting with my induction mentor, I find out that she used to be a GATE teacher. She taught for wellllll over 20 years and is very recently retired. So she definitely was a gate teacher while I was in the program.
But it was like the last 5 mins of our conversation when this came up, and I genuinely just wanted to go take a nap (it was after work and after sitting in traffic)
but like … WHAT ?!?
I don’t even know how to process this. I try so so hard to not lean into my more psychosis like mentality. But when “coincidences” happen it’s hard to ignore. Like have they been keeping tabs on me? Were they testing me? I definitely know I failed because I freaking hate authority and her and I bumped heads the ENTIRE time I was in the program lmao.
And ugh I was planning on going BACK to school of course because teaching is not my end all. It’s kinda like a beginning stepping stone…. But now I don’t know if i want to. I’ve realized throughout my entire educational career, all my “mentors” and “teachers” have all been connected to gate or some “advanced intelligence something”. (I have other degrees lol)
and it’s just like … if yall are following me. WHY. Like just say something, loop me in, because I’m annoyed now and also just kinda feel back in that same weird limbo of confusion and I just don’t like it…