Today was my worst first day back to school in twelve years of teaching. Last year was my BEST group ever! This year is going to be much more challenging. I won't elaborate except to say that by lunch time I was already on the phone with my mom crying that I wanted to go home to be with SR. Thirty minutes later, I was crying to a colleague.
The first day is usually the easiest day of the school year - the students are USUALLY on their best behaviour, saving their true colours for when they are comfortable. So, if this is the BEST behaviour, I can't imagine what is to come.
Don't get me wrong, I'm firm and fair and fun....but after today, I don't know if we'll get to the fun part.
To top it off, I picked up SR, but spent so much time in the kitchen cooking and cleaning, that I really didn't get much time with her this evening.
I keep saying to myself that at the end of each child is a parent who loves him or her as much as I love SR.
Hoping to make it an early night...I have an early RE appointment before going back to work tomorrow. I wish SR would stop singing in her bed - I love it so much, but I feel bad that she's short-changing herself from sleep as I need to wake her an hour early tomorrow morning to get to daycare and then the clinic before work.
Well that sucks! Sorry your day was so awful...how is your new program going? didn't you start with ne technology this year?
ReplyDeleteSorry about your day. Hopefully your group settles down.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear you had such a terrible start. Hope the year with this group won't be all bad.
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