These days come a few times a semester, but some days I come to school and everything my students do bothers me.
I'm guessing the source of my feelings was my lack of sleep. There was nothing else going wrong in my life. My students weren't doing anything out of the ordinary. It was me. Only me. In the moment I realized it and keep all of the frustration inside, but I wanted to unleash it. I wanted to take it out on my students. I thought that if I freed all of my negative energy on them that it would make me feel better. Why didn't I? Because that's crazy. It also wouldn't have helped.
What I ended up doing was having a friend of mine cover the last 40 minutes of one of my classes so that I could step outside and get myself together. Understanding that it's they aren't to blame, but I am. We all have tough days, but we still have to do what is right by our students. Better that than punishing them for something I caused within myself.
Got home, didn't blog, didn't do anything. Entered a few grades and went to bed early. I feel much better today.
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What I ended up doing was having a friend of mine cover the last 40 minutes of one of my classes so that I could step outside and get myself together. Understanding that it's they aren't to blame, but I am. We all have tough days, but we still have to do what is right by our students. Better that than punishing them for something I caused within myself.
Got home, didn't blog, didn't do anything. Entered a few grades and went to bed early. I feel much better today.
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Related Articles:
Anger in Dallas Teachers
Losing your cool in Dallas ISD
Enjoying Student Suffering
Dallas Teachers should seek professional help if consistently unhappy
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