Recovery

Four days off....

Tomorrow I write a short paper and I will be done with my homework for the week.  Friday we begin a weekend of rest and relaxation.  One that we both have earned.

I may post over the weekend, I may not.  Either way I will make time to be completely and utterly relaxed for at least 48 hours.

Some Nights...

After a day like today I don't feel like coming home and doing homework.

As much as I didn't really want this blog to be a "mommy" blog, I really REALLY didn't want it to become a "teacher" blog.  Yet, at the moment, I really don't have much else to write about.  Maybe after a couple of days off I'll feel like writing.  Although, it is looking like I'll have to do homework this weekend... a weekend I have something special planned.  I have been working extra hard so I didn't have to bring my laptop along.  Oh well.  It will all be worth it in the end (which, if I play my cards right is only about 6 months away).

In Case of Emergency

 

One of the most important lessons (in my opinion) I attempt to teach my students has to do with allowing people to do whatever they are going to do, sitting back, and watching them self-destruct.  You can not control the world, or the events that are happening outside of you so you deal with what you can control: your own behavior.  How one reacts to a situation speaks volumes about who that person is.

I understand what a difficult concept this is for teenagers.  Especially since I watch adults go through situations time and time again where they should be able to have some self control, yet don't, and not learn anything.  It is something we work on in class daily, and if only one student gets it... not even now, maybe even sometime in their 20s.... I will have taught an important and valuable lesson. 

Yes, I know, I'm supposed to be teaching Math & English, but really, isn't personal responsibility and self-control just as important?