A whole month of school with out a day off...
If I survive this month, I will feel like I can survive anything. I will just say that the past few weeks have been the toughest I've faced in 4th grade. I have felt a bit discouraged that my efforts may not bring the results I want. Isn't life that way though, at times we feel like no matter what we do it just may not be enough.
No tears though. I am confident that things will work out the way they should because I have Met the challenge to the best of my ability...the most important thing is I have loved my kids and tried to help them learn some very tough content. That is all any of us can do.
These kids I have had the pleasure of teaching this year burden my heart. Times are crazy for middle school kids...I have had an eye opening experience to say the least. All of these years I have been in kindergarten...teaching kids too innocent to know all that goes on around them. Many situations are just heart-breaking.
I have wondered why God sent me to 4th grade many times because of my past experience.
Today, I spent some time in my backyard.
I watched Chloe Jo as she played in her playhouse...she sang, made dirt pies, painted the house with water and a brush, and screamed at ants while her daddy came to her rescue. I found myself thinking about some of the kids in my classes...wondering if anyone watches them the way I do Chloe Jo.
What I believe is I am in 4th grade for these kids...so they have someone to cherish them...someone to dance with them...to laugh with them...someone to teach them through loving them. So they can be creative and have A place to still be innocent...
I'm asking you friends, please pray for my students. Pray for their parents. Pray for teachers. And I'll just throw this in there...might not hurt to pray that I see results:)
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