Life

So, yet again I have come to realize that I am not all that great at keeping up with this blog. I have a good excuse this time, two words, student teaching. It is so ultimately time consuming…but I should have already known that.

My days are spent getting up early, going to school, teaching, quieting kids down, giving homework, grading homework, not going to the bathroom all day long (without even realizing it), taking homework to the ISS room for kids who have gotten in fights, trying to keep up with student absences and make up tests, driving home, making lesson plans, answering emails, writing journals, eating dinner, working, finishing lesson plans, and sleeping. And that, my friends, is about it.

Don’t get me wrong, I am enjoying it. After all, this will soon become the rest of my life. But then, I’ll be getting paid for doing all this work!

I love seeing the look on a student’s face when they have finally “got it” after countless explanations. I love grading papers and realizing that what I taught actually sunk in. I love talking to my students about their lives, their concerns, thier goals, the fun things that they are doing. I love when a student actually goes out of their way to say hi to me in the hallway. Most of all, in some small way I feel like I am making a difference in these students’ lives.

Basically I couldn’t see myself doing anything else right now, so I’m trying to keep my head up and get through these next 23 days of school (not like I’m keeping track or anything )