Teaching this week

This has really been a chaotic week to reflect on. It really only consisted of two days of productive time. I had to be an examiner for half the day Wednesday during the GHSG writing test. Surprised perhaps that one student did nothing for an hour and then frantically wrote for the second hour to be the last one to finish. However, not surprised because he was the only one who jokingly stated that he didn't plan on graduating (perhaps not a joke after all). I was then gone Thursday and Friday to attend the HOSA Fall Leadership Conference. I could have easily worried myself sick wondering if my students were going to behave but found the calmness not to over react to normal teenage behavior when other advisers jumped on kids the minute they appeared to be doing something wrong. Pleasantly surprised by the fact that my students said I was the best but then maybe I gave them the benefit of the doubt that they could be good and they were. What I am getting at is that I feel like I am a person who is rarely surprised in a good or bad way. I just don't get surprised very much. I think that is because I like to take things day by day and never assume anything about anything. To be surprised negatively usually means you put that person on a pedestal or didn't allow them to be human and falter. If you are surprised positively you may be limiting your view of the individual and or situation. We should always be prepared for things to work out opposite of what you expect or that people will at some point disappoint you. I am a realist. You hope for the best, expect the worst, and you are then usually happy with the in between you get.