And now for something completely different...
... I'm not in the classroom! I decided I wasn't going to go in at the butt crack of dawn this weekend. I have been working since 6:30 a.m., the same as every other Sunday, but I'm working from home. 3 hours of steady work. And now, unfortunately, I have to get into the "office." There are copies to be made, math books to be perused, basal readers to pour over, and charts and things to have ready to go.
Thing is, my throat still hurts, I have no voice, and I'm pretty sure I have a temperature. No, I'm not becoming a hypochondriac... I just don't have time to fully get over the one thing before the next thing hits. And the mocosos in class don't help.
So, as an update, the classroom management issues are getting better. Sort of. But I still feel like I'm in over my head. There are students who need extra help in reading and phonics, some need help in math, some just need help, and I don't know how to fit that all in. I really don't. And I feel like a failure in that aspect. I know I should use "positive discipline," but mostly I feel like yelling. Kids will be kids, but I'm a nazi at times. Where's the balance between letting them lose a little and reining them in?
And now for something completely the same... did I make the right choice? Will I be doing this in a year? I don't know. On a lot of days lately I seriously doubt it.
1 comment:
just caught up on, like, a month's worth of your posts... sounds like you should have to have taken religious vows to put up with the work load / reward ratio...
I hope it works out. Regardless, you have already succeeded at your goal - you got your degree, and now you are a teacher. What you do from here on (and you can pretty much do anything) is gravy.
I don't think I have any words of wisdom for you on class-room discipline. I'd be tempted to beat a kid senseless with a wiffle-bat in front of the others... bet you'd only have to (or get to) do it once!
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