Rethinking my Career

Disclaimer: This is a mini-vent session!
You know I must be stressed if I'm blogging from work.

Sometimes I wonder if I made the right career choice. Now don't get me wrong, I love kids. I love helping kids learn. Some days I love my job. My kids will be as behaved as possible :-), they'll actually learn what I teach them, and we'll all have a great time doing it. Those are the good days.

Then there are days like today when I want to hand in my resignation. Students are misbehaved in more ways than one- not following directions, being disrespectful, refusing to pay attention, making no progress in reading despite all the efforts on my part- those are the things that frustrate me. Throw in a bunch of parents that think the world revolves around them, and that their child is a genius that can do no wrong, and you have a recipe for disaster. And don't forget the mounds of paperwork that come along with it. Sometimes I feel like I'm so busy filling out forms and testing kids that I have no time to teach.

I know this is all part of being a teacher. You'll have lots of good days, and lots of bad days. As long as there are more good than bad, then I'm doing ok, I guess.

I could definitely use a drink though.....

Thank God it's FRIDAY!