English

29.12.2006

Profession Selected

    

 Profession Selected

 

       -Wake up, namesake! 

 

 I wake up from my thoughts, feeling the gentle touch on my shoulder, looking up with groggy eyes seeing the principal standing over me with a smiling face.

 

  At the same time I take a glance around and notice that we are alone in the room which was crowded just a minute ago.

        Soon I remember what I wanted to ask the master.

 

      -Listen Olafur, I begin a little uneasy, but quite certain that my newfangled proposal would get a good reception.

       -Yes, what is it young teacher?  

 

        That word- TEACHER -was like music in my
ears.
 

        -Well, it crossed my mind that it would be nice for my pupils to use the next two lessons for a field-trip.  Isn´t that a good idea, Olafur? 

 

 Feeling hopeful for a moment I wait for a reflex, which appears almost instantly in the principal´s friendly face which is lifted to the highest heights.

 

  His smile reaching between his finely shaped ears when he gives me a cheerful answer: 

 

      -That´s an outstanding idea, namesake!  It would be better, if your colleuges showed their clients the same kind of interest as you obviously do.  Field-trips is something all teachers should use a lot.  I´m certain that some day you´ll become a great teacher, my namesake.  Where are you headed? 

 

      When I´ve told him he leans close to me and whispers in my ear:

 

      -We should keep this a secret between the two of us, for I don´t think it would be approphiate if all the other pupils would demand a rest from their indoor studies at the same time.

       I had trouble controlling the kids' enthusiasm when I'd told them to put down their school-stuff for I'd want them to join me in a visit to the fish-factory Baldur ltd. 

 

       The jubilation was genuine with the appurtenant noise. 

 

        The visit was a real success for my pupils as for the foreman who seemed very glad and relieved having this innovation into his regular life.
 

       At twelve o'clock I said goodbye to these happy and satisfied children when each of us went to our home and the staff took their lunch-break. 

 

       I was quite happy with myself walking to my own home in Háholt, where mother had prepared a hot meal for the family. 

 

 I had made a fateful and an important determination.  I had decided to become a

               TEACHER!