Staying Focused

I just finished a long post but I’m going to schedule it for tomorrow. I almost forgot I still need to put one up today!

It was hard to get ready for work last night. And this morning. I really just don’t want to be at school right now. I need a break.

But I also can’t just get by doing the minimum this week because then I’ll be screwed when I come back after Thanksgiving break. I need to stay focused and keep my head up. This is when it really matters.

But whoa boy do I just want to coast to the calendar year finish line right now. I’m just SO DONE. I’ve taken one day off and we’ve had three days off since mid August and I’m just ready for summer. Thanksgiving and then Christmas break will have to do.

Having said all that, I have it REALLY easy compared to a lot of teachers right now. I recognize that. I’ve read so much about how pronounced behavior issues are, and how more fights are breaking out on campuses than ever before. I really only have one class that is hard to manage, and they are my 6th graders so it couldn’t be more low stakes (there is no curriculum I have to teach in that class, I just have to try to engage them with the language). When they say that the achievement gap between students form upper and lower socioeconomic families has never been bigger, they are right. The students at my school, for the most part, are doing fine. At least the ones taking Spanish are…

I know the same cannot be said for most of the students at SFUSD.

So yeah. I have it better than most people and I’m still exhausted and I still have to keep showing up or I will shoot my future self in the foot.

I really hope I feel better after the next two breaks.