Tuesday.
It's when one is faced with a hardship regardless of what it is, that you learn how resilent the human spirit is.
A teacher-friend of mine was taken to the hospital over the weekend and all the teachers in our part of the hallway, who know this very intelligent, sweet woman, are worried about her. We didn't know why she was in the hospital. I had tried to get in contact with her various times while she was in the hospital and even let her know that I was worried for her.
She called me later in the day and told me what was going on. I won't blab the information here - however, she told me something that touched my heart. Not only does it validate my friendship with her, but it validated myself as a human-being.
As far as school goes....
Regardless of what the school has me do - regardless of how they stack my classes... I'm going to do to what's best for my students. If I can raise their reading score - great. If I can get them to where they can write a multi-paragraph essay - great. If I can get them to understand the parts of speech - great. But the main thing that I'm going to do this year is to validate them as who they are and build a relationship with them that will help to guide them through their years at school so that they can learn the strategies they need to get through high school and whatever else they plan to do with their lives.
I think that's more important than anything else. Right?
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