Tired. The first quarter of the school year is so much about teaching the process. It is so much more than teaching the math. That is the easy part most days. It is about teaching the process of how to take a quiz and not just stop there. It is about teaching the process of learning how to do your math homework over a week instead of nightly. It is about teaching the process of how to persevere. And in teaching it, I have to learn it myself. Because you can't teach that which you don't know...yikes.
Done some things right in the last few months. Done some things wrong. Just like the last 37 years have been. And you know what...I'm growing. I give my students process grades because I think you need to INVEST in the process. I think you need to realize that it is ok that you don't get something right away...but it is not ok to stay in that place.
All. Year. Long. That. Is. The. Lesson.
I am discovering that it isn't about getting it right all the time. But it is about getting it right a little more bit by bit.
I am learning how to put aside self a little more.
I am learning how to practice the mindset that "life isn't fair...but we really wouldn't want it to be anyway."
I am learning how to teach in an environment that has been so much harder because of more preps and more rotations and everything different every day, all day long.
I am learning that investing in phone calls home to parents means that taking the time upfront is worth the investment. It means that today I called a parent and said, "Sam (name changed) is having an awesome day...just wanted to let you know that."
I am learning. And I will continue to.
I will invest.
Bit by bit.
I will become.
Bit by bit.
I will inspire.
Bit by bit.
I will grow.
Bit by bit.
