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Not to whine...but for the first time in my career...I would do anything to not have face Dante's Inferno ... just saying....
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I hope you survive BK. It would be a great sadness and loss if you didn't. |
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Tons of kids in electronics and robotics dragged in their families to show off their work and to meet me. There was one group of families of ninth graders who expected a presentation, which I had not prepared. Mostly I chatted with parents. One mother of a ninth grader, anxious to skip the non existent presentation, merely introduced herself. Her family lives across the road from Pete's mother, so I said, Hi, I am across the road neighbor's daughter's partner, and she was a little flummoxed, and I regret identifying myself beyond, Hi, nice to meet you. |
I moved for this job. The job is working out so far. Except for a higher proportion of loopy parents, I am enjoying the lower stress environment. I still work closely with students, but. . . aieee. It's hard to explain without kind of saying what I do. But I no longer have classroom management issues. I work with students one on one or in very small groups. Although one day I was teaching math to two students who kept interrupting me and thought OMG I have totally lost my skillz in just a couple of months. I can't even teach two students together. Not true. But lol.
Anyway, all I do now is encourage and motivate. I rarely have to kick butt. One neighboring teacher had a kid using the f-bomb one day and I couldn't resist and nearly threw him out. It turned out someone had stolen his bike AND his dog had just died. That's why the teacher was letting it go. Plus the kid was ED. I didn't know. I completely silenced the poor kid. I felt bad after the teacher explained. Anyway . . . I moved. That's my point. And I am not reaching out and meeting people. Weight gain and arthritis make me not want to. Hell, I don't even hang with my nice roommates so much. Back home, I would probably also be isolating, but not this much. ANd it's begun to be a problem. The job is great -- as jobs in education go -- but it's not my life. That's one reason I got the job, so I would have energy at the end of the day. But I am not overwhelmed by the beauty of the area I am in. (I sacrificed that.) And I am not near the friends I hang out with no matter how creaky and grumpy I am. So I have to take action. On my health and I just have to start making time for others. It's not going to be fun. I am way past being able to walk for exercise. So I have to swim. Anyway, there are lots of "have to's" and I am kind of daunted. But I can't be a good teacher or a good anything if I am in pain and isolated. And I am letting that happen. |
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Hope everyone has a great week! |
It sucks that you're having such a hard time at school BK. But, you know you're good at what you do and the kids who want to learn from you do. Administrators can't take away the positive impact you have as a teacher.
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Oh it is true. Every time I'm slightly tortured by being across the hall from the music teacher or listening to early morning before school band I understand.... you folks are saints.
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Have a great day and wonderful weekend! Well earned! |
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Heya fellow teachers!
Venting Warning Ahead: I've got way too much to do before midterm reports are due next week! I have far too much marking, and then entering marks, and then typing in the comments! (btw, what program do people use for marks/grades--we have this one called Markbook) It's cold and rainy and I am a real suck right now. I just don't feel like being ON and talking to anyone. Sigh. In other news, I posted a pic in the galleries of me outside my classroom. :) |
School was closed Monday, and then I was out sick for two days. I still felt crappy this morning but I couldn't bear leaving the kids with a sub again, so I went in. I felt so punky by the end of the day, I almost cried, and I lost my temper with a wounded kid with limited social and emotional skills. I apologized to my class, and they were like, God, that's nothing, Miss Chancie, but I felt terrible, inside and out. I know it's just because I'm sick but I feel like I can't catch up, like I'll never finish grading, that I won't have time to call the parents of kids who aren't doing well. I still haven't ordered any of the supplies I need for my two hands on classes and I've been laying out my own money all year and I haven't filled out the form to get reimbursed. Ugh, I feel awful.
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((((( Chancie )))))) I hope you feel better soon.
It must be in the air. I am in IEP hell. |
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