Why is it that the shorter weeks always are so
exhausting?!
The holidays were great! While it was a challenge to
celebrate the holidays with all my family and not have my mom around we all
eventually made it through. It might have helped that we took in two feral
kittens that showed up on a neighbor's back porch.
The two weeks back at school flew by as I prepared and was
planning out my plan for individual coaching with the teachers while also
nursing my injured Achilles. (It amazes me how much that one ligament is
actually used in daily walking!
And then this week started.
It's only day 2 of a 4 day week and I feel like I've either
been in meetings, in PLCs, or getting yelled at. (PS I really don't like it
when I start my day with rain starting to pour on my way into work and shortly
afterwards I'm yelled at by one of my teachers.)
It's one of those weeks where I feel like I'm trying to do
everything for everyone; teachers, students, assistant principals, head
principals, district people; and all I want to do is get back into the
classroom with the kids. Even during the really tough classes and the really
tough years at least one student a day would thank me and be excited about math
or recognize that I needed a "we really appreciate it when you try to
teach us, even though some of us are a-holes about it." And yes, that's a
literal quote from a student my last year in the classroom.
I know I'm doing everything I can and what I'm doing for my
teachers and the resources and strategies I'm creating for the kids is super
helpful and great, but man, this job just sucks it out of you sometimes.
Especially when a teacher claims that the less you interact with students the
less you focus on the struggling, challenging ones.
I would love for this teacher to switch places with me for
just one day to experience the reality of how I'm constantly digging through
the data, analyzing students trends and trying to do to best for everyone all
the time. Plus, I would love to teach some of the units they're in right
now.
OK, vent over and now it's back to the grind!
