In companion planting, Marigolds are planted with other plants to help and nurture their growth. They are good boosters for the plants, sharing and providing nutrients that other plants might need. Just as there are marigolds in a garden, there are marigolds in your school. These are teachers that help others grow as teachers. It is important to find your marigold and stay close to them.
Everybody's first year of teaching is a difficult year in one way or another, finding your marigold will help you stay positive and believe in yourself. Hopefully they can even rub off on you and you can adopt their positive attitude and thinking.
Just beware of "walnut trees", teachers that are not good motivation or supporters. These are known as walnut trees because walnut trees damage and ruin other plants that it is planted by. These sort of teachers are the kinds that don't like kids, give loads of work to their kids for fun, hate the principal, teachers that count down days until retirement, etc. The teachers are poisonous, we should try our best to stay away from them. Their bad attitude can ruin your attitude towards teaching. The longer you stay around them, the more they ruin you.
I think this is super important for me to remember in my years of teaching, especially during my first few years. When I'm feeling down or on the edge of breaking down, I will go to my marigold who will bring me up and inspire me. This article also inspires me to want to be a marigold. It makes me want to try my hardest to not be a walnut tree in any way. I would suggest this article to all teachers to read, and hopefully they'll be inspired too.
http://www.cultofpedagogy.com/marigolds/
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