Enthusiasm
How do the girls or the teachers of Mallory Towers return to the school year after year after year and not feel bored or reluctant?
Perhaps it is the LONG summer holidays?
After a long well-earned holiday I would think every child and teacher and parents would be eager for school to start.
As for us, the multiple semester system is draining, to say the least.
We would like to be more prepared, more eager, more responsive, more supportive.
Alas, this is the time and opportunity we have been given. We'd like to think that we have done our best within the constraints.
Context: One class just finished their semester this week and next week my new class starts, when I was just planning the revision support for the class that ended. I haven't even finished marking their assignments yet!
In the words of Mika though (since I have been watching his videos lately) Relax, Take it Eeeeaasy...!
I will do that. This is but a phase. Lethargy.
Time will pass and there will upcoming holidays when I can recharge. Be with the children. Cook. Eat. Workout. Date (perhaps?). Let's live for those days.
When the coin is flipped, we do get to enjoy flexibility in our work hours. We meet students from many different countries. We have access to great library books and online materials. AND the work is not as hectic as legal practice. So I will suck it in and survive. I promise!
Perhaps it is the LONG summer holidays?
After a long well-earned holiday I would think every child and teacher and parents would be eager for school to start.
As for us, the multiple semester system is draining, to say the least.
We would like to be more prepared, more eager, more responsive, more supportive.
Alas, this is the time and opportunity we have been given. We'd like to think that we have done our best within the constraints.
Context: One class just finished their semester this week and next week my new class starts, when I was just planning the revision support for the class that ended. I haven't even finished marking their assignments yet!
In the words of Mika though (since I have been watching his videos lately) Relax, Take it Eeeeaasy...!
I will do that. This is but a phase. Lethargy.
Time will pass and there will upcoming holidays when I can recharge. Be with the children. Cook. Eat. Workout. Date (perhaps?). Let's live for those days.
When the coin is flipped, we do get to enjoy flexibility in our work hours. We meet students from many different countries. We have access to great library books and online materials. AND the work is not as hectic as legal practice. So I will suck it in and survive. I promise!
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