SO this Friday was the first day of responses to my Photography II Visual Journal. I had a few type their responses. The ones I have read so far have been really surprising in their depth of thought. I have just looked at the Tumblr blogs that others have started. Ooooh, they are great! I am glad I let the students use that host site. They have such a level of comfort with the site. They have posted images that flesh out their ideas in ways that I have wanted to see since I started this assignment a few years ago. I am so proud of them.
I needed that kind of surprise. Teaching and the issues this profession entails have been defeating me lately. While I love what I do and the moments in the classroom are still the best part of this, the outside forces are wearing me down. And it has absolutely nothing to do with the school I teach in. It comes from higher than that. I am tired like I have never been before. I slept ten hours last Friday night. I normally get by on six. This is not good. Thank goodness the kids keep me going. I am working hard with groups outside of the school to stop the harmful changes and implement worthy ones. People say I need to slow down. That's all fine and dandy, but there are too few of us fighting for what is best for the students and school communities. If we stop or slow down, we will lose. More importantly, the kids will lose.
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