玛吉麦克维

任职期间: 44年

在GA担任的职位:

• 低年级教师
• 中学教师兼行政人员
• 高中教师
• 教务及研究助理院长
• 学院关系主任
• 中学副校长
• 专业发展总监

荣誉授予:

• Schoff Chair for Excellence in the Teaching of 英语
• 1760届
• 毕业典礼演讲
• 优秀教师奖
• 杰出成就奖

麦琪为什么留下来:

• 这是一个非常好的问题. 为什么会有人在一个地方待了44年? GA给了我这样做的机会 what I do well (usually): teach, write, speak, listen, and counsel…in all 学校的部门. I grew up in so many ways here at school, my children are who they are because I stayed…and my husband, too, was able to share his 艺术人才与GA社区. To be truthful, I have to admit, the commute was 总是平局.

持久的记忆:

• 44年后? 你在开玩笑吗??
  • The royal blue I painted the cabinet doors in my 第一个教室. The glass display case, arranged to promote UNICEF. 第一个 Sixth Grade Publishing Party…magic from beginning to end. 山姆·杰克逊的喷泉 钢笔随时准备好了. 彼得教练90磅. 足球. 每天学习 如何用爱和欢笑来教学. 杰克·皮克林宣布我的 marriage to Steve Kennedy at the opening faculty meeting, explaining that Steve 决定“保留自己的名字”."山胡桃赛跑，超速罚单，还有 熊.
• 哦，天哪，我还在上低年级. 继续.
  • A standing ovation for a shy student, braving to 背她 罗密欧与朱丽叶 monologue, first with tears, creeping each day towards the front of the room until the moment she turned and faced us all and delivered the Bard’s words 完美无瑕地.
  • 下午晚些时候和理查德一起发泄 对几乎所有事情都笑得很开心.
  • Moving to the 上学校 and feeling brand new 再来一遍.
  • The Field House transformed into a holy space with light and flowers and music to honor and 说 goodbye to Peter.
  • And of course, some memories hurt and are best left unshared, but know that they, too, are part of a tapestry woven over 44 年.

麦琪感谢:

• The rare collection of extraordinary educators I happened into at the very beginning who taught me what it means to be a teacher, who guided me and trusted me to be worthy of their time.
  
• The school’s willingness to change those traditions that limit our students.
  
• Colleagues and students who love to laugh and aren’t afraid to cry.
  
• The chance to work with my brother and know him as a teacher.
  
• 许多, many colleagues who extended themselves to my children, 必要时坚持, to help them become the interesting and interested young men they are today.
  
• 许多 beautiful spaces in which I have worked and which have inspired my work with students and faculty.

经典台词:

• “你好吗，杰森?” “梦想成真，玛吉. 实现梦想.” (贾森·斯特劳布1760)
• “麦琪，‘需要’这个词太重了.” (查理·兰德格雷布1760)
• “在你的头发上系一个小蝴蝶结.” (克里斯汀·唐契斯1760年引用她的诺娜的话)
• “你在GA工作多久了?. 麦克维?” “44年了，埃文.” “Ms. 麦克维，这很彻底.”
• “How can I know what I think till I see what I 说?” (归因于许多人)
• “一天中最喜欢的会议!” (富Schellhas)
• “不,不. 他是我哥哥，不是我丈夫!”(嗯)

人生新篇章:

• Some people know exactly what they plan to do 在他们停止在GA工作之后. 很多只是 turn around, come back, and work at GA some more. My plans are nebulous; bits and pieces of ideas float through my head; I consider only those that allow me to slow down and 注意. I might cuddle babies, collaborate with Steve on a children’s book, spend a whole day planning, shopping for, preparing, and eating a 餐. 也许我最终会成为一个 荣格的分析. I am curious to see, in fact, I welcome with an open heart, the 我这辈子最惊喜的事.

麦琪最想念的是:

• Much as I love my colleagues, and indeed I do, I will miss most the students, the genuinely incomprehensible range of 性格、兴趣、 人才, struggles our students carry with them into school each day. 我会想念的。 在我的办公室里气喘吁吁地宣布 课间的门。. 麦克维，我历史考了87分. 谢谢你的帮助.“我会想念精神的 snapshot of kids laughing uproariously in the hallways while tucked in a corner a teacher and student lean towards each other in quiet conversation. 我就会错过机会 colleagues laugh as we begin the school year, and I will miss all the kindness dotting 我们的日子、星期、年. 我会怀念踏出那 cool administration wing into the bright sunlight to begin Commencement, and I will miss the long quad-curving line of handshakes and hugs which conclude the 同样的事件.
• I leave with such gratitude in my heart, and I know for certain 我会想念的。 bone-deep familiarity of my home.