Night of the Living Teachers
I'm not well. I've got a serious problem. I now eat, sleep and breathe teaching. It's all I think about and it's all I talk about.
On the one hand I guess it's a good sign that I'm thinking non-stop how to do better and reach all of my kids. I'm also a part of some awesome conversations (online and in person) with co-workers and peers. In some ways it's exciting. Even as I struggled and fought to succeed last year, I never expected to be consumed so wholly by this job. Last year, more often than not I didn't have enough energy left over to think at the end of the day.
But now I find myself thinking about it after school, on weekends and sometimes even fighting to fall asleep. It's getting tiring for me (and probably even more for my friends and family). I can only hope it pays off when the test scores come back and the students move on in June. In the mean time I'm doomed to continue this inhuman existence...
On the one hand I guess it's a good sign that I'm thinking non-stop how to do better and reach all of my kids. I'm also a part of some awesome conversations (online and in person) with co-workers and peers. In some ways it's exciting. Even as I struggled and fought to succeed last year, I never expected to be consumed so wholly by this job. Last year, more often than not I didn't have enough energy left over to think at the end of the day.
But now I find myself thinking about it after school, on weekends and sometimes even fighting to fall asleep. It's getting tiring for me (and probably even more for my friends and family). I can only hope it pays off when the test scores come back and the students move on in June. In the mean time I'm doomed to continue this inhuman existence...
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