March, no matter what the weather is, comes in like a lion for me every. single. year. It's busy, long, and mostly dreary. Coming back from February vacation is tough, because vacation is amazing. Preparing myself for the 6+ weeks until April break is torture.
This year, I'm extra stressed out. In the next two weeks, I have two projects due for my grad school class. I need to finish my multigenre project, which I feel blah about and I need to prepare a 10ish minute book talk to share virtually. On top of that, I have to teach school and manage home stuff. It's overwhelming right now. Once I get started, it will be fine, but I do need to get on top of these things. I'm almost finished with my multigenre project, and I finished my book talk book like a month ago, so it's just the actual video I need to prepare. Actually, I may have just gotten an idea.
Sometimes I forget just how much the kids I teach have going on. I remember being a student, but much like the stress as a teacher, I forgot about it and held on to only the best things. As stressed out as I am, I think my students probably are as well. In different ways, perhaps, but still stressed out and overwhelmed.
If I can make it through March, it's a downhill slide to June. To summer. To freedom. To more grad school classes. Sigh ... I blame it on the bleak weather.
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