Well... I have almost made it through my first week! Teaching 12 (TWELVE) classes a day has really gotten me exhausted. Now, I understand that classroom teachers may have their kiddos for an equivalent amount of time, but I get to go non-stop for exactly 29 minutes, line them up, and start the process over again and again for the next five classes. (Here's where I eat some lunch and try to plan, after which involves a repeat of the entire morning all over again.) I'm not here to complain. But I don't get to take kids on a 15-minute bathroom break, to computers or library, or an extra recess. I fully believe that if I start getting tired and let up, that I may mess up a kid's entire music education!
Now don't get me wrong, I truly think I'm the right person for the job. And I know that any single thing I do will not break (or make) a child. But I do add a lot of extra pressure on myself to make sure the job gets done right!
I'm reading Ron Clark's new book (The End of Molasses Classes - AH-mazing by the way!), and I am completely inspired. If I could get my hubby to move me to Georgia, I'd be set.
Speaking of... My guy has been feeling under the weather this week, but he felt good enough to actually be involved in my nighttime reading last night! I read a few blurbs from Mr. Clark's book, and he was loving it! (Okay, "loving it" may be a stretch, but I do think he was totally into it.) It excites me when he gets into what I love so much!
Now that I have been spending all of my extra time at school, I'm not quite back on my making-dinner-or-going-grocery-shopping-so-my-hubby-doesn't-starve-or-doing-laundry-so-he-has-enough-clean-clothes routine yet. My schedule is finally set (which, sadly, is not always the case in some schools right now), so maybe this "long" weekend will give me time to catch up... Always playing catch-up. :)
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