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What a week! Can I rest now? Can I go to sleep??
Somehow we got a little off schedule and boy has everything collided! I gave a Latin 2 test yesterday (and today for those who missed yesterday). Haven't graded it; I was too busy making quia stuff for AP and revising stuff for Latin 1 because tomorrow Latin 1 has a test and AP has a quiz. AP should have had a test this week but they are BEHIND (absenses, band stuff, ugh).
And me... I have been working 24/7 (or so it feels). I keep telling myself that this is the price you pay to build a program. I know of a teacher who has 7 preps. (block schedule though) Yeah, she's working hard. My hat's off to her. And a new baby. But oh.... I got sooooo much done when my kids were little. I miss that. And admittedly I miss how delightful they were as babies.
Teaching's hard work. I'm constantly thinking that it is like serving in the armed forces. Ok, no, I really don't know what I'm talking about except that I'm not sure there are that many jobs that pay so average where you are working so hard for so many hours. Waging war against ignorance.... underpaid, without all the materials and equipment needed to do the job well (no, my AP students still do not have books, nor my Latin 2 students who need to move into CLC Unit 3 now), but expected to get the job done with the highest results.
(Ok, I'm so tired I'm sure I'm not making sense.)
But the rewards are there....when students tell you how something you're doing helps them understand something they didn't before, when parents say you are making a difference, when fellow teachers and administrators say the same. A job well done.... except... except I don't feel like I'm doing a job well. Sooooooo behind on grading, so frustrated and tired. Can't get ahead.
Right. This is nothing but a rant, but it's an honest rant. Maybe soon I'll write about something important or worthwhile. Maybe some relevant thoughts about AP, design of testing, structure of Latin 3, etc.
but not tonight...
Somehow we got a little off schedule and boy has everything collided! I gave a Latin 2 test yesterday (and today for those who missed yesterday). Haven't graded it; I was too busy making quia stuff for AP and revising stuff for Latin 1 because tomorrow Latin 1 has a test and AP has a quiz. AP should have had a test this week but they are BEHIND (absenses, band stuff, ugh).
And me... I have been working 24/7 (or so it feels). I keep telling myself that this is the price you pay to build a program. I know of a teacher who has 7 preps. (block schedule though) Yeah, she's working hard. My hat's off to her. And a new baby. But oh.... I got sooooo much done when my kids were little. I miss that. And admittedly I miss how delightful they were as babies.
Teaching's hard work. I'm constantly thinking that it is like serving in the armed forces. Ok, no, I really don't know what I'm talking about except that I'm not sure there are that many jobs that pay so average where you are working so hard for so many hours. Waging war against ignorance.... underpaid, without all the materials and equipment needed to do the job well (no, my AP students still do not have books, nor my Latin 2 students who need to move into CLC Unit 3 now), but expected to get the job done with the highest results.
(Ok, I'm so tired I'm sure I'm not making sense.)
But the rewards are there....when students tell you how something you're doing helps them understand something they didn't before, when parents say you are making a difference, when fellow teachers and administrators say the same. A job well done.... except... except I don't feel like I'm doing a job well. Sooooooo behind on grading, so frustrated and tired. Can't get ahead.
Right. This is nothing but a rant, but it's an honest rant. Maybe soon I'll write about something important or worthwhile. Maybe some relevant thoughts about AP, design of testing, structure of Latin 3, etc.
but not tonight...
