The purpose of this blog is to document my first year teaching elementary art. I am thinking about using this blog as part journal, part gallery, part resource for my future self.
As of this post, I am just about two weeks into the start of the school year. The district I work in is undergoing massive changes as it is trying desperately to reclaim its lost state accreditation. Support/specials teachers are shared between buildings and I split my time between two schools, 4 days in one building, 1 day in another. I was hired in May, and within three months my teaching assignment has changed twice, and may change again... rumor has it as soon as next week.
My major complaint right now is that I am teaching art from a cart in my main school. The building is over 100 years old and the elevator hardly ever works. And it only goes to 2/3 floors. So I am part gypsy, part pack horse, running up and down stairs and dropping things at every turn. It's madness... and my feet are killing me.
In these past two weeks, I have felt joy, sadness, frustration, anger, a sense of hopelessness, a sense of overflowing hope, fear, determination, and exhaustion, more than anything. Oh, and hunger. I never have time to eat. I have been eating like a hobo... shoving food in my pockets and eating in the hallway, or the bathroom. It's bad.
The roller coaster ride has just started... I know it will get better, and worse. I know I will make worse mistakes than I already have. I'm terrified, and energized.... and hungry. Oh my word, am I hungry.
If you for some reason are reading this blog, you are invited to comment on any post. Thank you for reading my insane ramblings.
-Ms. Marlow
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