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As the school year begins to wind down, many teachers (and students) are feeling tired and warn out. This week we have MSLs (Common Exams) and next week we have finals and EOCs (End of Course). Students have been studying hard and teachers have been reviewing and tutoring. Personally, this is the time of year that I feel completely overwhelmed and EXHAUSTED. My school uses Edmodo, and someone I am connected with on this program always posts about the blog, Dear Teacher Love Teacher. Today I finally got a chance to look at it and I found it to be a nice, inspirational blog that I will look at more often. The posts are meant to inspire and have teachers take a step back and evaluate their day, lesson, students, or self. The post from today was called The Choice. I really connected with this blog because I strive to be a positive teacher, even if my day isn't going as well as I would like. Being positive the last 10 days of school can be trying, especially with a holiday weekend coming up.
One part of the blog that really struck a cord with me was this quote, "We don’t have many seconds with them, in the span of their lives, so we need to make each one count! We can’t afford to have many “bad seconds” with our students." I never thought about it this way before. We get so used to the daily grind, that sometimes teachers forget about the students. We only have them for a brief amount of time, might as well make the best of it. Being positive when it's hard, being caring when you don't care, that is what separates the good teachers from the "not so good" teachers. The last few days of school are here! We are almost done! I am going to read this blog for inspiration.
Inspiration like this is what we need to fill up the cup to the end of the year! I had such a great day today and was able to reflect on how wonderful it was to spend time with my students, laugh and learn together. We know what they are going through because we feel it too! We need to take that into consideration to make the end smooth! We can do it!
ReplyDeleteLove this post. Just what I needed. As things are always stressful at the end of the year. Today we watched our seniors leave the high school for the last time. Just like you mentioned above, its crazy how little time we get to spend with them. This was a great reminder to make the most out of every second we have with out students.
ReplyDeleteBrenda - Thanks for sharing this. Teachers typically talk about how students are exhausted and ready for the summer by this time of the school year. Most teachers are at that point too! The blog you shared certainly gives some inspiration!
ReplyDeleteI really like the idea that our time with students can (should) be broken down into seconds. In my school, we have 5, 72-minute periods, and I think a lot of teachers tend to sponge the last 12-20 minutes by allowing students to work on homework, etc., instead of maximizing that time. The idea that seconds matter, that every second counts, is powerful. When one of our students turns 25, he/she may look back on the time spent in our classrooms, and a single handful of seconds may have made a huge difference in their lives. Good post, Brenda.
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