anne with an "e" please. for those of you that read this blog, i am referring to the one and only Anne girl from Anne of Green Gables.* i make this reference because as some of you may or may not know, I am not only a filmmaker, but also and early childhood educator. yup. i just completed my first semester in a teacher licensure program. one busy summer and a semester of field experience to go and i will be a licensed educator. i also just finished up a long term teaching position at probably the best preschool in the state which put into perspective where i would like to spend my days. but back to the reference...anne was an imaginative, high-spirited girl who wanted to see the world. she had ambitions of going to college and becoming something great. but because of circumstances beyond her control, she had to take a position as a teacher in her hometown. i write this because my whole life i have looked to anne as an inspiration, i saw a lot of myself in this fiery red-headed canadienne. i also avoided the teaching profession with as much passion as i put into my love of film and music. my reason was because i saw how hard my mother (a teacher) worked everyday with little thanks and pay. and now, here i am, preparing to be a teacher of the earliest learners and i look back and see how all signs have always pointed this way. i respect teachers with every fiber of my being. the teachers in my past have had an impact on me that is of the highest value. now i am joining their ranks of long days and quiet thanks. as for anne, she wanted to be something great, and she did, she ended up a teacher, but also got to see the world. i hope i can do the same. i am anne shirley.
*note - i refer to the movie as well as the books...but megan follows' portrayal in the tv movies is embeded in my mind as THE anne shirley.
