Wowsers!! Unlike my Canadian friends back home - it is not quite summer holidays in this neck of the woods :P I am very excited for the prospect of only 20 more teaching days!!!!!! AND to be clear it's actually only 16 teaching days, 1 professional development workshop, 1 Dept planning day, and 1 Arts College planning Day before I sneak off and fly out on Friday the 13th back to Can-adia... (that's how some of the less informed youth at my school refer to Canada.... hah hah!) I've actually almost survived. AND my school still has another week of classes after I flee the country before the little monsters - I mean darling pupils are set free to the summer wind.
The worst of it is I found my cracking point/first ever teacher melt down in the past two weeks - so this final term has been a rough start. I think the finish line in sight is what keeps me going. I hear first year teaching is all about bearing down and getting'r done - so put on the tunnel vision goggles and prepare for impact! The good news Is I still recieve a salary over the summer months.. so it's paid vacation (well actually a percentage taken from the other 10 months of the year when I'm teaching)... but still super sweet.
What have I been doing?? well this months all about balancing my budget. I'm the first to admit I'm aweful with money - so tackling Student loans and a Visa bill should give me some perspective on effective money management right!? the jury's still out on that one although i've effectively made all Student loan payments to date :-) that's more than $500 canadian a month eh! I deserve a pat on the back or something lol.
My last three weekends should be sweet, next weekend is wind surfing on a lake, followed by Canada Day carnage in london the weekend following, and finally a Birthday BBQ
Bash in Coventry the final weekend before I fly home on the Friday after that :-) :-) :-) I just can't believe it's all starting to come together. This year's been quite the escapade - AND i'll sooooo take some life lessons into next year's Academic year :P
In a festive spirit i'd like to end off with a Congrats Haiku for everyone who is wrapping up their first year of teaching. It's been hard work and feels like running a marathon where you'd like to cheer but are too busy dealing with the double vision and lactic acid.....
First Year Teaching Done
Children laughing; marking ends
Teachers are set free
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Hi Steve,
Yes it is all about getting'r done! I still can't believe that this year is almost over. It's been a whirlwind of a year and most of the stress has only happened this month. It sounds like you have had an awesome year. I'm sorry to hear about your teacher melt down but to be completely honest, I would be surprised if no one ever had a meltdown. With all the stress and demands on teachers, sometimes you need to just let it all go. Goodness knows I have had my share of them. Although I am a bit of a worry wart and a stress case! I really wish that we all lived closer to each other so that we could get together every once in awhile and just bitch and moan about things. I think we would feel 10x better about stuff. Thank goodness for blogs eh? Take care of yourself. Hope you have a great final term. Talk to you soon! Big hugs!
I'm so glad to hear that you too are melting. Cheers from one spazz-case to another. Your poetry is moving.
Miss S
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