Well I guess Tuesday was International Day of Peace, who knew? MG did! She is all about saving the world and I LOVE it! She came up to me as I was in the back taking attendance on Tuesday morning with her sweet stylish yet hippie hairdo and said, "Miss Williams, happy International Day of Peace." I chuckled and responded, "You too M."
That next bell, well let's just say they didn't get to experience peace to much. As I walked around the room to check on their bell ringer activity, making flashcards, six students felt that they didn't need to complete or even attempt the work. My response, I took it as a grade and the students finished out the bell with boring book work. "Why should I waste me time planning for your class if not all of you even do what I ask you to?" My questions left the students speechless, they didn't say a word the rest of the bell and when they came in for round two of Miss Williams that day, they silently read and started a verb poem, they weren't allowed to speak. Am I too hard on the students? Should I have reacted differently? What should I expect from 7th graders? Some days I don't know what to do, others I stumble through. Some days I feel so clueless and wonder why someone as entrusted a hundred some students to me. Then I remember that I do love teaching and that I am more gifted at teaching than others.
God, let my sleep be refreshing tonight. Through it and Your Spirit give me patience to love Your children this week. Allow me, because I can't be on my own, to be an effective teacher who not only teaches language arts but teaches of Your love. Give me strength to work through my failures and my inabilities to be perfect.
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