Thursday night my lovely mom landed in Louisiana. It was the end of a school day that pushed me to tears many times over (kids laughing and saying I should go back to Washington D.C.- and that I looked like Hilary Swank in Freedom Writers, which thoroughly pissed me off). Hanging out with her and talking teaching and mental health over wine helped me achieve one of my first non-teaching-related dreams in two and a half months. It was joyous.
Friday, my principal suspended the kids who had behaved so abhorrently the day before, and we had a severely silent class period, for the most part.
At the end of the day, Mom came to visit and helped me organize a little while chatting with another teacher about general middle-school frustrations. We went out to a delicious little place in the Marigny afterward with BBQ tofu sandwiches and mojitos and many words of comfort. When we returned home, I celebrated our fine evening by getting preposterously ill.
The toilet, trashcan, and I held hourly meetings last night and into this morning.
At about seven, I crawled out to the guesthouse, feeling like a child ill-equipped to deal with a body seemed to be rejecting me. My mom has been doing a wonderfully motherly job of taking care of me now that I've successfully vomited everything out of my body save my internal organs. Now I'm doing grades and she's cooking rice.
Why does New Orleans have to be so far from home?
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3 comments:
Hey Carrie,
I'm sorry you're feeling down about school and sick on top of it all. I'm glad your mom is there to cheer you up! :)
Keep at it..you are an amazing teacher and the kids love you, they just don't always show it.. First years go like that-I would call my parents crying all the time last year and tell them there was NO WAY I WAS EVER teaching another year. My colleagues all say their first year was the same. You're a strong woman and this year will only make you stronger. A lot of kids don't trust people and have to test and test and test you that first semester. Ride it out and by May you'll be excited for another year!
Sending good thoughts your way--J
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Teaching falls into the list of most stressful jobs for a billion and one reasons that you already know..... keep your head up! :)
it's true. they do make the world go round. love you lady.
I'm so glad this is the weekend mom decided to visit. Anytime you doubt God's goodness, remember the weekend,you needed Him most so He sent your mom. (Of course this is grandma talking.) Grandpa always said I gave Him credit for everything!
You are truly a strong, young woman and I believe you can do anything. First years are the hardest, middle school is harder than elementary or high school and the area you are in is harder than lots of other places. Just think what this is preparing you for. Should you decide to continue teaching after these two years, anything else will be a piece of cake.
I love you and have faith in you. Hang in there.
Hugs and kisses,
Grandma
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