NAI Teachers’ Best & Worst Parts of 2020

Best: spending more time with nephews   Worst: not being able to see grandmas

Best: got a dog named Ruby   Worst: nothing terrible, just a lot of inconveniences

Best: spending more time with family   Worst: hated the way last year ended, didn't get to say goodbye to students

Best: being trapped in a house with a 2-year-old, 4-year-old, and a 6-year-old for months   Worst: being trapped in a house with a 2-year-old, 4-year-old, and a 6-year-old for months

Best: bought a new house, read a book, many 30 for 30s on ESPN, unlimited time with wife (just in case my wife reads this) Worst: 2020 couldn't be longer

Best: not being able to say goodbye to students   Worst: got engaged and married

Best: spending more time with family   Worst: having to figure out how to do school electronically; nowhere near the same as last year with the labs and the group activities

Best: becoming much better at teaching   Worst: seeing kids become less excited about school 

Best: his son was 5 months old so he got to spend a lot of time with him   Worst: lack of security of job and health