Monday, November 29, 2010

No Personal Time

This is my 11th year teaching and I love what I do, but I have never felt more like I have less personal time than ever.  My work day is filled with teaching and little to no time to prep or grade or clean or organize.  I feel like my whole day (24/7) is expected to be consumed with teachery type thoughts...lesson plans, student engagement, intervention, enrichment, tutoring, test scores, educational technology, etc, etc, ETC!  I don't know if it is the novelty wearing off after so many years or the current state of the economy that is making me feel more tapped out and frustrated than ever.  I find myself growing resentful that my job is encroaching so much on my personal time.  Work just constantly piles up and it is a hopeless cycle.  I can understand why people get burned out and leave teaching.  I won't be leaving teaching or allowing myself to give up.  I can beat this, I know I am a good teacher, and I know I love what I do.  I find that I am waiting out this low in the cycle education often goes through, striving to remain optimistic in light of current challenges.  I may gripe, but in the end I am an optimist.  I can do this, I can wait out the tough time, it too shall pass.

1 comment:

  1. I agree with you. It's a lot of work to be a good teacher. The past few years I have been trying to do just that leave time for me away from the school.

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