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Thursday, February 13, 2014
sNOw Thank You
I can honestly say that I am not one of the teachers glued to the television or my phone waiting on a snow day to be announced. I love my job, I love my kids, and I certainly love being in the classroom. I want to be at school!
I did take advantage of the break, but I haven't been doing very many school things. I have used my "off days" to catch up on a lot of personal tasks that have been put off as a result of being in school. I despise cold weather, so during this most recent snow day I was an absolute bear, and hibernated the entire time indoors, and didn't accomplish much of anything. I am also frustrated with the cold weather because I had a fun outdoor activity planned for my class this week, and now we have to move it indoors. Plus, if the proposal for "no make-up days" does not pass, I don't want to be in the classroom when it is nice outside.
I agree with you. I got a lot of things accomplished that I needed to do as well. It is very difficult to get everything done when you work all day and coach, so this time allowed me to grade papers, enter grades, and work on future lesson plans. In addition, it allowed me time to rest and relax which I think is essential to keep from losing our minds! No matter how much we love our jobs, we all need a break every now and then. The unexpected ones are just an extra bonus!
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you. However, this Friday I fully wanted to go to school, but a side of me wanted ONE MORE SNOWDAY to solidify the week outage, as a whole.
ReplyDeleteOnce I got the call I was actually in a bit of shell shock, if you will. That idea that two full weeks of instructional hours, and I mean HOURS, were lost to the previous two snowmageddons, left me with a bad taste in my mouth,
We are so behind in work now, and the knowledge now that only a FEW instructional days will be added to the rest of the Fiscal calendar, that leaves me knowing my students will not have as much official time in my presence than I would actually like.
I did prep on Monday for this ordeal ahead of time, doing all of my lectured lessons as I felt needed, and of course posted instructional videos as well. However, no matter how you look at it, flipped classroom or not, in the end that quality in-teacher instructional time has been lost forever.