I survived my first full week of being totally in charge of the classroom! Praise the Lord! Wow. It was great, but so exhausting! I looked at my teacher on Wednesday and asked, "How do you do it?!" Seriously, my respect for teachers has skyrocketed in the past week. I feel like I don't know anything! Everything I learned in college, I mean, it's just not the same as being up in front of those kids for real! But then again, I'm teaching, they're learning, and I'm confident it will get better...right? :)
I came home Friday around 4:30, read for an hour, then set my alarm because I knew if I didn't I would pass out until about 10...like usual, my Friday night naps (lbw!) And I woke up at 7, yes, feeling like a bus hit me. I could've slept until morning. I love naps.
And I realized this morning just how much I LOVE these kids. Yes, they are pills and twerps and rude at times. (I've always said I loved Middle School kids. And I do...but they are so hard to teach!!!) BUT these kids are their parents' pride and joy and they are awesome. They really are. God loves them too, so very much. They shock and surprise me, they are hilarious and ridiculous. I love them.
I gave my kids a writing assignment yesterday, to write a journal response to what they've read so far. Alicia asked, "Why can't we do this Monday?" My retort? "No day but today!"
She didn't get it.
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Yay Friday afternoon/all-night naps! Whoot! Oh, how I miss you! I am so glad to hear you are loving the ones you are spending time with. And congrats on the whole-week accomplishment! Yikes, I am getting nervous about the end of this year.... Get some rest and keep being your amazing self; I know you are having a wonderful influence on these kids. And your last paragraph makes me think of "No, we don't." "Yes, we DO!" :)
ReplyDeleteBooyah! You're still standing! Teaching is hard, hard work, and most folks don't get that until they have taken their place at the front of a classroom. You are very empathetic to understand the parent viewpoint. Everyone is someone's baby. They all want the best for their kids, but sometimes life gets in the way, and they are not able to parent in the most effective ways, so you get to step in and fill the gap. That's the part that will zap you most greatly. People who don't teach don't get that. They think it's a cushy nine month job. I know teachers who don't speak in complete sentences after a rough school year until July. You are making a difference. Even if your kids don't realize that yet, they will at some point down the road. It might just take a few years. Hang in there! Keep reflecting. It's what takes you from a good teacher to a great teacher!
ReplyDeleteum... can i follow your blog too?? i hope so! :)
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