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I feel like I should update, but I am going to try to make this quick. I really want to get to bed early tonight.
Not a whole lot has been going on, except that I feel like I've been ridiculously busy and can't really understand why. I don't know where all the time has gone and what I have done with it, really. I have one more week of instructing time for summer school and then they test the next week. Hopefully this week goes smoothly, with as few disruptions as possible. I'm at my wit's end with one student in particular and I don't want to lose my cool any more than I already have with her. I just have to learn more patience and remember that she is only 14 years old. Sometimes these children act like they are so grown, that it's hard to remember that they are in fact still children, and need to be dealt with accordingly. And sometimes, the things they say resonate with me and I feel like I am 14 again trying to protect my own fragile identity. It's hard to be the confident, graceful, adult in the room when I still feel so much like a child. 7th grade was the hardest year for me growing up. Maybe that's why I feel so unusually attached to these kids. Good or bad, it is what it is, and in 2 weeks it will be over and I will be back to the grind getting ready for a new school year.
In more interesting news, I just got back from visiting Alainna in Virginia this weekend. I had a really good time just kicking back and relaxing away from Goldsboro. I love the area where she lives and especially her adorable house (which she is now getting ready to move out of). We layed around on the beach for most of the day on Saturday and it rocked. It was just what I needed, even if it was 100 freaking degrees out. Driving home today my car's thermometer kept displaying temps between 99 and 102 the whole way back. And the humidity is so high you can actually see the moisture in the air. It's quite disgusting, but it's a typical Carolina August.
The cats are bugging me to pay attention to them so I am off to nuzzle them for a bit and head to bed shortly after.
G'nite, kids!
Not a whole lot has been going on, except that I feel like I've been ridiculously busy and can't really understand why. I don't know where all the time has gone and what I have done with it, really. I have one more week of instructing time for summer school and then they test the next week. Hopefully this week goes smoothly, with as few disruptions as possible. I'm at my wit's end with one student in particular and I don't want to lose my cool any more than I already have with her. I just have to learn more patience and remember that she is only 14 years old. Sometimes these children act like they are so grown, that it's hard to remember that they are in fact still children, and need to be dealt with accordingly. And sometimes, the things they say resonate with me and I feel like I am 14 again trying to protect my own fragile identity. It's hard to be the confident, graceful, adult in the room when I still feel so much like a child. 7th grade was the hardest year for me growing up. Maybe that's why I feel so unusually attached to these kids. Good or bad, it is what it is, and in 2 weeks it will be over and I will be back to the grind getting ready for a new school year.
In more interesting news, I just got back from visiting Alainna in Virginia this weekend. I had a really good time just kicking back and relaxing away from Goldsboro. I love the area where she lives and especially her adorable house (which she is now getting ready to move out of). We layed around on the beach for most of the day on Saturday and it rocked. It was just what I needed, even if it was 100 freaking degrees out. Driving home today my car's thermometer kept displaying temps between 99 and 102 the whole way back. And the humidity is so high you can actually see the moisture in the air. It's quite disgusting, but it's a typical Carolina August.
The cats are bugging me to pay attention to them so I am off to nuzzle them for a bit and head to bed shortly after.
G'nite, kids!