It's all good.
Sep. 29th, 2025 04:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
allezhopI'm staring at my time planner app and it looks so reasonable. I could do my licensure coursework, exercise, clean my apartment, read and knit... And still have the whole evening free, practically!
So tell me why it feels overwhelming...? I cannot possibly do anything productive right now.
I had a good day, though: possibly the first enjoyable Monday of the school year. If every day was like today, I'd be pretty happy. It flowed well. My co-teacher and I agreed the class structure was good and the small groups went well. I even had a brief informal observation from the ESL lead and one of the people from district, but didn't stress too much. Just did my thing.
Co-teacher and I also talked about how much we like the kids in our classes. They can be squirrelly and chatty, but not disrespectful and combative. It's really the best experience I've had since I started teaching! Previous years, there was at least one class I dreaded going into - usually more than one. So I'm very happy with things today. (There will probably be another "I hate this job" day soon, though. It's just a lot.)
I guess I need to be more realistic about my after-work routine, though... I really want to have a restorative time *and* exercise, but I'm struggling with the execution - no matter how small I make the steps.
So tell me why it feels overwhelming...? I cannot possibly do anything productive right now.
I had a good day, though: possibly the first enjoyable Monday of the school year. If every day was like today, I'd be pretty happy. It flowed well. My co-teacher and I agreed the class structure was good and the small groups went well. I even had a brief informal observation from the ESL lead and one of the people from district, but didn't stress too much. Just did my thing.
Co-teacher and I also talked about how much we like the kids in our classes. They can be squirrelly and chatty, but not disrespectful and combative. It's really the best experience I've had since I started teaching! Previous years, there was at least one class I dreaded going into - usually more than one. So I'm very happy with things today. (There will probably be another "I hate this job" day soon, though. It's just a lot.)
I guess I need to be more realistic about my after-work routine, though... I really want to have a restorative time *and* exercise, but I'm struggling with the execution - no matter how small I make the steps.
