2020-2021 school year so far..
As you can see, school took over my life and I have had absolutely no time to even reflect on my year so far! The crazy thing about the school year, is the fact that the biggest hurdles I overcame were not the students themselves but my coworkers, and most of the adults in my surrounding life. The adults are the ones that have responded to the pandemic in a poor way in my opinion.
My students have tried their best to maintain, even though they came into my classroom nearly a year behind. The regression in Elementary is insane, I can only imagine what it mightāve been in the upper grades. My studentās parents and I did struggle at the beginning, but with empathy, kindness and understanding I was able to get nearly everyone on board.
My coworkers are who I struggle with the most though. Itās amazing how a group of people who normally work so well together ended up falling apart. What I noticed in my grade level was that people are no longer communicating with each other, we werenāt sharing ideas, we were all doing our own thing. Normally Iām someone who collaborates and follows with the crowd as far as curriculum and standards...This was my first year to rise above everyone and do my own thing. Some thing I discovered was that I actually do know what Iām doing, I have fantastic ideas, and I showed surmountable growth in my reading with my students.  something else I realized is that the people that I thought were my friends, actually werenāt, because they didnāt like that I was doing well. Iāve never understood how people canāt be happy for one another, but I discovered that this year.
I think as a person Iāve grown a lot. Iāve learned what friendship is Iāve learned whatās important to me and Iāve learned what I want around me and what I donāt want around me. Iāve made teaching my career and Iāve encompasses everything that goes with that including making friendships of coworkers. But what Iām realizing is that I have to focus on my job as a sole entity, and essentially tune out all the people around me making so much negative noise!












