December 2009
3 posts
everything
I can’t stay organized. I can’t stop yelling. I cry on my lunch break. There is never a day when everything goes the way it should. Tomorrow is the last day before winter break and all of my kids seem to be regressing. As the art teacher I feel constantly looked down on. I don’t know what to do anymore.
Dec 17th
these days
sometimes when my alarm goes off at 5:30am I feel like crying. I have been a full time, inner city art teacher now for three months now and it is not becoming any easier. Everything goes by in a blur when you see 135 students a day and 382 in a week. Am I even making a dent in these kids? Someone drops the N word or inappropriately touches someone else while we’re sitting together on the...
Dec 12th
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