Work was just awful yesterday. I try so hard to be positive, but some days, it's just impossible. Monday was great. We played a game that went so well, and I was so encouraged. And then yesterday, the girl drama resurfaced and girls were literally screaming at each other. On top of that, I realized that my class lacks integrity. That's the word I've been looking for all year. Every time I turn my back, someone's trying to see what they can get away with. They're just not good people. A huge part of the problem is the parents. But I have some great parents whose kids are still crazy. I just don't get it. And since they get no real consequences for their actions, the behavior continues and escalates.
I was in such a terrible mood yesterday that, when I got to the gym, my trainer immediately commented that I looked like I was going to cry. I didn't feel like crying, though. (I'm not a crier.) I just want this year to be over.
My friend Nancy's kids are jerks, too. She spent a lot of money creating a beautiful classroom library for them. She had meetings during the day yesterday, and when she came back to her room, it was destroyed- furniture broken, gum in the carpet, books torn apart. What's wrong with these kids?
No integrity.
Today my class is writing about integrity all day. Probably not the best way to teach it and make them want to have it, but they're on punishment. We were supposed to read The Outsiders since we just finished the book, but I can't reward yesterday's behavior. I'm going into professional bitch mode. I'm going to take a Xanax and remind myself that I only have to do this 17 more times. I can do this.
I was in such a terrible mood yesterday that, when I got to the gym, my trainer immediately commented that I looked like I was going to cry. I didn't feel like crying, though. (I'm not a crier.) I just want this year to be over.
My friend Nancy's kids are jerks, too. She spent a lot of money creating a beautiful classroom library for them. She had meetings during the day yesterday, and when she came back to her room, it was destroyed- furniture broken, gum in the carpet, books torn apart. What's wrong with these kids?
No integrity.
Today my class is writing about integrity all day. Probably not the best way to teach it and make them want to have it, but they're on punishment. We were supposed to read The Outsiders since we just finished the book, but I can't reward yesterday's behavior. I'm going into professional bitch mode. I'm going to take a Xanax and remind myself that I only have to do this 17 more times. I can do this.
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