Once a Week

I'm not sure how often other 1st year teachers have this feeling but for me it is about once a week. That feeling that you are constantly fighting a losing battle with your kids to help them out but also to push them forward. This just leaves me exhausted and really very sad. Uh, just a frustrating day, battling the odds when I should be smarter and create more systems of accountability for my kids rather than attribute it to "they can't help it." They can and they will...if I show them how!

If I move closer to school next year, I'll need to have an unconditional love machine. Like this one from the Seattle Animal Shelter!