Week in review...

I've been asked to be more positive on social media and to not "vent". Although, I'm not sure the parties that made the comment read this old blog but perhaps the news will make it through the grapevine...

I could talk about the difficult couple of days I've had due to starting week four of being sick and still teaching every day. I could talk about my students' less than appropriate response to the movie "Bully" and my frustration regarding how to reach them. But I won't.

I don't like talking about the praise I get at work because it feels self-serving and conceited. But people apparently want to hear it.

We're getting a new principle next year. She currently works as one of the assistant principles at one of the local high schools. She's been filling in this week at my school while the outgoing principle is out at a conference. Long story short, the Superintendent emailed asking to know how we are preparing our students for their End of Level tests. It's a brand, spanking new test this year and we're all a little panicked. I typed up the 9th grade ELA plan that the other 9th grade teacher and I came up with and submitted it. This morning the new principle said she was so impressed with our plans that she wants to share it with the ELA teachers at her high school for their review week.

My job isn't easy but I do love it. It's been hard lately because I just can't seem to shake this sickness. But good things are happening. I work with wonderfully supportive people that pick up the slack, push me to keep going or just smile and ask me how I'm doing. I'm so very proud of my students and how hard they have worked. I've pushed them lately and they have, for the most part, risen to the occasion. It's hard to believe that we are weeks away from the start of fourth quarter. It's been a crazy ride of a year...