Monday, March 23, 2009

another monday

did you know that excessive wind makes 5th graders crazy?  it's amazing.  

today was another day in room 206.  i thought the nice week-long break would calm everyone down and they'd be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed ready to work.  wrong!  only 66 more days until school is out for summer! 

i really don't hate teaching even though sometimes i sound like i do.  it's just that some years are much harder than others.  a teacher gets discouraged when it seems like no matter what he/she does the students don't seem to care about learning.  it's even more discouraging when it seems like it's the majority of the class that doesn't care and then you have those few students who really DO CARE.  i feel like i let them down because i'm constantly having to deal with the majority.

i had an interesting time teaching the basics of algebra today! wow!  one student even asked me when in life would he use algebra.  thank goodness i was ready with an answer!

photo of the day #82
teacher hands {stains from overhead markers}
quote of the day: One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes 
change a delinquent into a solid citizen. ~Philip Wylie

5 comments:

summer said...

it sounds like you had an amazing spring break! only 66 more days of school! good luck!

Lisa Howe said...

Sounds like you have the Spring-Break-is-over-blues. I have them too. At least you have summer to look forward to. Sigh, I whish I could fineagle a way to take the summer off work!

GiGi said...

summer will be here before you know it, girlie!! hang in there. :)

Anonymous said...

Get your admin to get you a document camera! Best thing ever!!! No more overheads for me!!!!

Nellie said...

looks like your hand is bruised from making an awesome karate chop!