It's pouring outside. Kayse, the new lab, loves water. Well, let me clarify that...she loves to play in it. But, she doesn't neccessarily like to take a bath in it. Well, she keeps running in and out of the house, in and out of the rain. She comes in soaking wet with a huge grin on her face. Isn't she cold? Don't she know it's freezing down in this basement?
I've spent the last two hours trying to plan a lesson for tomorrow. I need to teach about groundwater, porosity, aquifers, and such...how do you make that exciting. My students this year are very unmotivated and simply has shown time after time that they simply do not care. It has gotten me very discouraged and stressed out. I am graded based on their ability and desire to learn. I can be the best teacher in the world...but if they don't want to learn....I can't make them. I, however, am graded on how well I teach by their performance...not mine. I'm really beginning to start to think of other options... I have two more years that I need to teach at this Title I school. After that, I can move on. I can file for the loan forgiveness grant and figure out where I want to go next. Do I stay in teaching? Do I move to a different area? Do I move and teach out of the country? Do I switch careers and go on a new venture? I enjoy teaching. I enjoy being able to teach.....kids that want to learn, not the spoiled unmotivated brats that I have this year. I could do back flips and magic tricks and they still aren't going to care. So discouraged.
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