Still Pluggin Away

Things I've learned lately:

Time moves too quickly. I need to spend more time indulging the kids' sense of wonder and play. There are many ways to do this. They know them. I don't have to come up with all sorts of things. I just need to follow their lead.

Time moves too quickly. I can't procrastinate. There's a balance I need to find. If I spend all of my time indulging my kids' and my own sense of wonder and play, I won't get anything else done. I need to do things like laundry and my job. I need to resist their pleas to be entertained and stuff. Sometimes loving them means making them find their own fun, telling them if they are bored, I'll find something for them to do -- starting with cleaning their rooms, haha. Also, loving them means giving them a model of someone who gets things done. Sigh. That's the hard part.

Teachers are just people. So are principals and guidance counselors. They are neither my enemies nor my best friends. They are just people. I need to cut them some slack.

None of us is perfect, and that's just fine.

Well, it's not superimpressive or deep, but that's what I have.