It has been a whirlwind year thus far. School has been keeping me more occupied than ever before. I knew that things would be different once I moved—new school, new principal, new administration, and new district. It’s all been far more overwhelming than I thought it would be.
I thought that I’d be able to adjust to the change rather easily. I’m flexible and adapt easily to the situations in which I find myself. Truly. However, within the last couple of weeks, it’s all coming down on me.
Red-tape hell is where I am finding myself. Well, maybe it’s not truly red tape, but it’s all the little things that I must do—fill out this form, fill out that form, student forms, parent forms, office forms, district forms. Hello! When am I supposed to teach? I know it’s not as bad as I am making it, but there are so many things that the teachers are required to do, things that have nothing—absolutely nothing—to do with my job. I imagine I will eventually get used to it. I’ve really begun to see how good I had it at my last school, though. My principal made sure that we were given the time to teach. He didn’t make us do a lot of the unnecessary paperwork that many other schools have to do. I knew I had it good then, but I am even more aware of it now!
And the meetings! Oh my gosh. I have been put on committees that I don’t even want to be on. I was just put on them, without my consent. That doesn’t make me happy. If I’m required to be on a committee, I would rather have had the opportunity to choose which committee on which I would have liked to serve. I mean, really! I was put on the Science Committee. Science?!?! I hate Science. I don’t do well in Science. I can’t imagine that I’ll have much to offer. But, as I am a good person and a good employee, I will do the best darn job that I can. Hrrrmmphfff!
The thing that I’ve had the most difficulty adjusting to is the fact that some of kids are gone from the morning until about 1:20 PM. What that means is that I don’t have all of my students until 1:20. I’m not used to not having my students. I am struggling, quite honestly, with my schedule. I keep reworking things to best utilize the time that I do have them all. Someday I think I’ll have it worked out. ;-)
Life is not all bad for me right now, though. I still love my job just as much as I did before. It’s just different at this time. I will eventually get used to all the changes in my life, and all will be good!
I really do have the best job in the world! I am truly enjoying my students. They are willing to learn, and they seem to really like me as their teacher. That’s always a plus. I am still having the same challenge that I did last year with the talking, though. It’s something that has weighed on me heavily because I am beginning to realize that it’s my flaw. It’s something that I need to resolve and figure out. However, I think I do have a handle on it finally. We shall see. Heh.
Report cards are due this week. I’m still trying to get all the grades into my gradebook, and I don’t have enough grades for every subject. (I need to have at least ten grades per subject, which is not easy when we only do Science OR Social Studies at one time, not both.) I will try to make some time for me, though. It’s important to do that before I completely fall apart. ;-)
Anyway, this is the reason for my long absence here in my journal. Although I have had so much to say, I’ve just not had the energy to sit down and get it out. Besides, I feel like I say the same things over and over again. Do I? Or is it just me, I wonder.
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