School Update

Many of you may have noticed that I haven't posted about school at all...why? Up until now I feel like I wouldn't have had much of anything good to say. The year was immediately off to a stressful start with one particular situation. Without going into much detail I can say that I have one student who has been inappropriately placed in my classroom and has therefore demanded a lot of attention and time. Unfortunately, when that happens it takes that attention and time away from my other 17 students.

Thursday was a long, uncomfortable day as I faced a parent meeting followed by Open House. After being verbally abused by the parent I was feeling pretty down about my ability to teach and be effective in the classroom. I think God knew I was in desperate need of a pick-me-up after that. Later that night at Open House I was able to spend some time talking to a very supportive parent. He made it a point to let me know that he respects my opinion about his son and will support me in any way that he can. He spent a few minutes reminiscing about the days when teachers were respected by everyone, both students and parents. It's nice to know I have at least one set of parents supporting what I do!

I was also able to have an "awwww" moment while grading some spelling papers a few weeks back that I thought was worthy of sharing...
I had asked my students to write sentences using their weekly spelling words. Some of the words were "believe" and "kneel." A few students wrote sentences like "Everyone should believe in God," "I kneel each night to say my prayers." Even just those few sentences provided me with some insight into the lives of my children.

Despite the craziness and stress of the first month of school I have felt very blessed by the group of students I have in my class. They are caring, respectful and eager to learn.

I know this wasn't the most exciting blog...just wanted to share some of what's going on in my life. Thanks for reading!