Teacher Tuesday

There are so many emotions involved in being a teacher and being an emotional person doesn't help! Here are a few I've felt this past week:

-HAPPINESS: To arrive each morning, to greet each child, and to try to teach them something new, makes me happy :)

-SYMPATHY: We've had the tears flowing this past week. It might be from the frustrations of math, the accidents of changing something on the computer, from not understanding an assignment, the heartache to be home because others are sick- the kiddos this week had their tears. It breaks your heart, but you talk with them, give them a Kleenex, and then have to move on.

-LOVE: How can you not when they give you their attention, give you a hug, follow directions, have an "A-HA" moment, are simply teaching. We had Open House last week where the students got to bring their families and show them the classroom, etc. I loved seeing the families, using my Spanish, and seeing the kids excited about where they learn.

-BLESSING: Meetings have been attended, people have been talked to, and I am blessed to be with my cooperating teacher, para, and at the school I'm at. I'm loving it... and have so much to learn.

-SADNESS: When you feel like there is nothing you can do to help a kiddo and situations make things difficult.

-FRUSTRATION: This emotion comes when a child doesn't want to cooperate, a child isn't understanding, a lesson didn't go well, you feel helpless in getting a student what they need, and when there isn't the help given for others.

-LOST: This emotion comes when I don't quite know what to do, where to go, or how to do it with the work from the university and in teaching the kids... but I'm getting there!

-REJOICING & EXCITEMENT: I couldn't help but rejoice today when after we talked about the sun in science towards the end of the day. As I took the kids outside to go home, one little girl turned and walked away with her grandma and said "Today I ........., and we learned about the sun in science." She was excited, and so was I that she would go home and tell someone what she learned! :) Those little moments make you feel like something finally got through!