What clerical and preparation responsibilities have you participated in?

I have definitely learned that being a teacher isn't all apples and gold stars. During my time volunteering, I've helped grade assignments and projects. Just the other day I spent a few hours organizing a filing cabinets. Teachers participate in a lot of time consuming a work that doesn't involve teaching at all. But knowing this still doesn't hurt my resolve to teach.

There is still joy in the mundane things. Sitting grading projects or assignments with the teacher, it was not uncommon for her to be so happy reading the responses of the students or marveling that the progress that a student had made or that he or she had managed to complete the project at all. Even checking on my progress in organizing her cabinet, I could tell how excited she was to move on to the chapters I was replacing. Small joys and triumphs, that is what this work is all about.