It was a rough week, topped off by a really rough Friday. The kids were off. I was off. I was frustrated and ready to crawl into a hole and hide out for several days.
During reading groups yesterday we were working on the words mop and mope (the whole sneaky E thing) we then had this conversation:
Student 1: Teacher, what does "mope" mean?
Student 2: I know, I know! It is when someone is really ornery or in a bad mood. (Lifts eyebrows and looks at me)
Me: (Hanging head shamefully) Yep, that is a good way to describe what it means to mope!
UG! Now I am sure that my darling little student was looking at me for confirmation that she had given the correct definition for the word, but it sure felt like a slap in the face regardless! The timing was perfect!
I was really trying to keep yesterday upbeat because we had an assembly where EVERY SINGLE STUDENT in my class was receiving an award. No first grade class has ever done this before. We had worked for it all month and it was a very big deal. So I really tried to keep the day positive. Which was hard considering the day we were having. But the assembly was wonderful, my students were glowing with pride, and I clapped like an idiot.
After school got out and I spent a good amount of time with my head on my desk trying to remember why life is good. I gave up trying to get anything done and headed to Lacey & Steve's house. Funny how Haitian French Toast (divine!) and Baked Eggs can make life seem a little better.
Lacey did a good job of cheering me up, even convincing me that we should watch the Justin Beiber movie. Yes, the Justin Beiber movie. I was skeptical to say the least. I know nothing about the kid except that my darling students love him. However, I really like documentaries (I watched a bunch on the making of Harry Potter this week, they were awesome!) So I figured why not? We made it through most of the movie, it was even pretty interesting. Just long. We ended up fast forwarding when an hour had passed and we still had an hour to go! But Lacey was right, it did take the edge off the week! Such a great sister!
During reading groups yesterday we were working on the words mop and mope (the whole sneaky E thing) we then had this conversation:
Student 1: Teacher, what does "mope" mean?
Student 2: I know, I know! It is when someone is really ornery or in a bad mood. (Lifts eyebrows and looks at me)
Me: (Hanging head shamefully) Yep, that is a good way to describe what it means to mope!
UG! Now I am sure that my darling little student was looking at me for confirmation that she had given the correct definition for the word, but it sure felt like a slap in the face regardless! The timing was perfect!
I was really trying to keep yesterday upbeat because we had an assembly where EVERY SINGLE STUDENT in my class was receiving an award. No first grade class has ever done this before. We had worked for it all month and it was a very big deal. So I really tried to keep the day positive. Which was hard considering the day we were having. But the assembly was wonderful, my students were glowing with pride, and I clapped like an idiot.
After school got out and I spent a good amount of time with my head on my desk trying to remember why life is good. I gave up trying to get anything done and headed to Lacey & Steve's house. Funny how Haitian French Toast (divine!) and Baked Eggs can make life seem a little better.
Lacey did a good job of cheering me up, even convincing me that we should watch the Justin Beiber movie. Yes, the Justin Beiber movie. I was skeptical to say the least. I know nothing about the kid except that my darling students love him. However, I really like documentaries (I watched a bunch on the making of Harry Potter this week, they were awesome!) So I figured why not? We made it through most of the movie, it was even pretty interesting. Just long. We ended up fast forwarding when an hour had passed and we still had an hour to go! But Lacey was right, it did take the edge off the week! Such a great sister!
5 comments:
Katie! I love you! Thanks for posting this... I had a Friday just like this! I talked to Brad about it and we realized that it is pretty easy to be hard on yourself because you're a woman first of all and because you're a teacher we tend to hold ourselves to a pretty high expectation. Honestly allow yourself to make mistakes, have a bad day. It is okay your human! :) The best part is that our students are the most forgiving people in the world! :)
I'm sorry you had such a rough week. I wish there were something we could do to help out... We love you deary! And besides, it's almost time for FLORIDA. Just keep reminding yourself that a wonderful trip is just around the corner. Love you!
You can come over here for dinner and a movie ANYTIME, whether you've had a rough week or not! Your baked eggs were scrumptious, and Steve and I both really liked how your follow-the-recipe french toast turned out. :) I hope that you get a chance to take it easy this weekend and relax. Things will look better next week, I'm sure!
Well, I think we teachers ALL have to have those weeks. Hang in there! My kids today were acting like kindergarteners (sp?). So, I was treating them kinda like little kids. One kid asks me if I've ever taught primary....I tell him that I feel like it right now. :P Maybe not the nicest.....oh well! I'm glad you were able to get some cheering up!
I'm sorry life is hard lately. I hope things get better. :)
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