Friday I spend without students, at least for now. There are rumours teaching four core junior high subjects is not enough. Apparently, I don’t need time to plan, mark, complete report cards, and other sundry tasks which keep the classroom humming.
I work hard to stay positive. Sometimes the tendency is to create negative narratives rather than let each moment live itself fully. I find this is hard work, but it grows easier to set aside the dis-ease.
Alone is different
Not loneliness.
In solitude
Gifts of deep silence
The presence of presents
I grow whole
Energize the spirit
Recollect the ordinary in extraordinary–
Not just a root word;
It is the root.
Ivon, my mother in law just recently retired after 37 years as a teacher. The hours she spent at home putting together lesson-plans, grading, and creating boggled my mind. There is no way any teacher gets enough quiet time in which to get everything needed and wanted done. SO KUDOS for all your hard work and dedication. You are treasured more than you will ever know. Thanks for being Extra-ordinary
Elizabeth, 37 years is an amazing career. I hope she enjoys her retirement, because she clearly must have loved teaching. It is quite often its own reward.
YES…i need to work harder on this. “i work hard to stay positive. Sometimes the tendency is to create negative narratives rather than let each moment live itself fully. I find this is hard work, but it grows easier to set aside the disease.”