Exhaustion!

I love going to work in the mornings! I'm exhausted by 6pm, but I guess that's to be expected. I wonder that I'm too old to start doing this, but heck, there are teachers older than I still teaching. Ha!
I love watching my kids learn and love learning-especially math! I hated math, but I love it now, and I think hating it helps me figure out fun ways to teach it. ;) The days fly by. I was thinking to myself that my days are much more productive now; I'm serving others, and that makes me happy.

Long week

Long week this past week--teaching is more about juggling demands from the district and parents than teaching. Teaching is the fun part. It's the easy part.
I knew parents would be a pain, but I had no idea of the depths of their lack of accountability. Some are positively amazing. Others are so enabling of their children's disability that it's mind-boggling. If they knew how much we love their kids, they'd be blown away--but I'm not going to do the home work that is required for their child's success. Responsibility.

Rekindling life

Wow. My blogs are kind of dead in the water. Do my friends still blog? I know it's revived for students and teachers, but Facebook and Twitter really have taken over.

So, I'm a full-fledged teacher now. Took 4 state exams in about a year or so and worked my butt off to get certified. I'm wondering if, at my age, this is a wise thing! A couple colleagues want me to retire with them--but they're a bit younger than I--I had to inform them that I'd be around 72 if I did that! HA! No plans to do that, unless I'm spry and teaching art. I'm going with God's plan, not mine. He seems to be doing pretty well for me, so far.

Shake ups

Just found out the teacher I work with..a young and outstanding lady, has been transferred to another school, so my future is a bit shaky at the school I love. Who knows who they'll pair me with. We'll see how it goes. I was sorely disappointed in the responses from our team members to her email about her move. They were mechanical and unfeeling. Most people don't "get" Kim...I do, and she is all about the kids. Highly organized at 26.....a little OCD, so when people enter her calm and tidy room....as opposed to other Special Ed rooms...it appears little is being done. That's simply not the truth. The girl can think on her feet, wing it, and create something amazing just to reach one child...to get to where she needs to be to reach him or her. We became good friends and it saddens me that people can't see the hard working Kimmie I see. Is it jealousy? Unopened hearts? I don't know.
I keep trying to study for my certification tests, but I'm just unmotivated. If I become a teacher, my time will be consumed with teaching chains instead of teaching freedoms, which I have now with what I do for the school, and for the kids with my critical thinking club. I won't have time for that...but I'm still in the need for furthering my financial freedom.
I think about how the disciples felt when Jesus left them to go after someone else. Kim keeps her eye on the one kid that's about to move beyond help, ignoring what others think...and Jesus goes after the one lost sheep.
I know there was jealousy and resentment of some degree. Maybe if we were all focused on the ones who need us, we wouldn't be concerned with what we think WE'RE missing.....

Summer....into the heat of things...

Summer is here, thank goodness! What a year! I have to say I've been blessed immensely through a lot of stuff. I know many of you have suffered trials. I hope that you are experiencing some peace and comfort through them.
I've been pushing through things I don't want to happen to try to get to the things I want to happen. Things in the Spring are new and fresh...and promising....Summer comes...the heat gets turned up and the uncomfortable broiling begins....the test of how much you can take and how uncomfortable things have to get before you will try to change them.
I've always liked the heat. I think I can handle this frying pan--with His leading.