In the spirited (read: stressful, discouraging, anxiety-filled) days that have become of this week, I completely overlooked the fact that I have posted my 50th post!! So excited to get to this point! (Even if it has almost been a year that I've been posting...) Still proud! :)
Our school has been under some major construction this past year. Many schools have had serious renovations over the summer - to the extent that the insides aren't even recognizable! (The updates were definitely needed!)
The problem with construction in Oklahoma though.. It's hard to bid on a job due to weather. Our summer has been one of the hottest summer's of the decade! I know there are many states that are used to this weather, but 111 degrees multiple days in a row was a slow torture. (You have to count our famous wind that felt like a blow-dryer slamming into your face.)
All of that said brings me to my next point. OUR SCHOOLS ARE NOT FINISHED! Poor teachers this year have had to come back to their rooms and hallways upside down, boxes of their things and furniture packed into the middle of their rooms, and meetings upon meetings. I would like to be able to say that our "Opening Day" was there to motivate us and give us confidence and courage to tackle the new year, but, sadly, it was not. I love me some true professional development, and I'll be the first to say that I am a giant nerd in that department, but I also don't like to waste my time when there is already so much on my plate for the new year.
However, I have to say that honestly, there are always those few who complain (and they complain about anything and everything), but they are not the majority this time. There are teachers out there that were just allowed into their classrooms TODAY! And even though the students don't start school until next Wednesday, our classrooms have to be set up for Open House on MONDAY!!
To those who persevere:
Despite the late move-ins.
Despite the negative attitudes surrounding them.
Despite the classrooms that look like a war zone.
This and above all,
dedicate their lives to children.
3 cheers to those teachers who shoot among the stars!
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