My Granddad died August 5th. My sister, 1 year old niece and I took a road trip to Georgia for his funeral. (I don't fly if I can help it.) It was a good trip. Last week I stayed busy with inservice.
Tomorrow is our first day back to school with kids. I am nervous as usual. Well...maybe nervous is not the right word...anxious might be better. I am not worried like I was my first year of teaching. I used to worry if they kids would eat me for lunch. My ESL kids are angels though...mostly. I worry now, in my 3rd year teaching (can't believe it has been that long), that I won't be an effective teacher. I want to equip my kids with the knowledge and skills they will need in the future. There are days that I feel as ineffective as a fish flopping around out of water. I hope this year I have more days where I feel like the kids understand something they didn't before. This year I pray for more "Oh, now I get it" days!
I'm reading a book called The Wednesday Letters. So far it is really good. It makes me want to write my own Wednesday letters, maybe I'll write one this week.
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