I don't know what it is...the weather getting colder, the fact that it's been 9 weeks with no substantial break, or maybe the impending holidays, but the last few weeks have been hard. I've heard that October is a tough month for many teachers (I didn't have a chance to experience the difference last year...they were all tough months). Kids are getting on each others' nerves, kids are getting on my nerves, and I'm pretty sure I'm rounding out the triangle (can I say that?) by getting on their nerves too. On top of it all, I feel like all of a sudden I'm lost in my plans, in the curriculum, and in the vision that seemed so clear at the start of the year. What happened to those routines and structures we set up? Why are they fading away now? Why is this starting to feel eerily "last year"-esque?
And what in the world do I do to turn it back around?
Here's hoping we can leave the October blues in October...
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Me encanta como escribis, tan natural... tenes la facilidad de interpretar todo lo que esta pasando en el mismo momento en que susede,y lo mejor es que podes transmitirlo a los demas con tanta facilidad!. Lo unico que te falta es poder resolverlo con mas rapides y soltarlo... no podes vivir pensando en el pasado.. es hora de cambiar el enfoque.. y pensar un poco mas en el presente y lo que esta por venir!.. en argentina decimos.. PASADO PISADO.. besosss
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