Welcome
to March!!
Boy
let me tell you it has been one bumpy ride.... All I can say is sorry PETE!! I
have been an emotional puddle of salty tears for the majority of this month…
The
month started off strong, I had my first interview for a teaching position on
the phone and then as soon as I hung up from that interview I got a call for an
interview for a different school. We scheduled that one for March 13th.
The
rest of the week leading up to the interview was a bit of a roller coaster that
plummeted off the tracks at the end...It started off with a call to teach
again, same school as before, this time grade 4’s. The call came through at
8:30 and school started at 8:50… fun right?! Well I got there and there was
nothing for me, no plan, no keys, nothing…. After some initial panic and then a
quick talk with the deputy as well as the next-door classroom teacher I made
the day work… They were amazing! The best class and we had so much fun. (This
is the start of the roller coaster where you are enjoying life as it is climbing
up and up and you get to look around at the view)
The
next day I got a call to go back into that same grade 6 class that nearly broke
me! Oh boy! But of course I took it. (This is when the roller coaster drops and
you scream but it is still fun…) At around 2 in the afternoon I started to
realize that maybe the brakes on this roller coaster were quite possibly broken.
The Students had chewed me up and spit me back out
again... it was tough. I was reminding myself that I have had no time to make connections;
I have to accept that there is just no respect in the classroom (to one another
or the teacher). And most of all remember that I am a SUBSTITUTE… and this is
how I remember peers in middle school treating them… so I guess it’s fair?
I felt like I exhausted every resources or tool I had to try and
get through the day, and when I brought it up with their vice principle I got a
"oh we will handle it when their REAL teacher is back". Needless
to say, it has just been absolutely nothing like what I expected... To cut a
long story short… this is where the roller coaster went off the tracks and
SMASHED into a wall…. (With me still on it). Other events unfolded and it took
everything out of me… to the point where I should have been
nervous/planning/excited about my interview yet all I could do was curl up in
bed a cry.
Thank you to Mom, Rach, Kayla and Kerissa for being a shoulder to
lean on...With the help of technology!
After Mom helping me get my head in the right spot for this
interview I went in and ABSOLUTELY CRUSHED IT!
I had never felts so on top of the world when walking out of that
interview…. It wasn’t necessarily that I was a perfect candidate to interview,
but more along the lines of I could really be myself and talk candidly and
freely. It just went amazing and it felt like a school that really believes in
everything I do.
I was very hopeful and YET trying to keep my excitement under
control because if anything it could just be my first interview of many, many
more to come.
HOWEVER…
I was pushed into recovery from my roller coaster crash and pulled
out of my Eeyore rain cloud by receiving the BEST PHONE CALL EVER.
THE JOB IS MINE!
So… the deets…. It is a grade 4 class
starting April 16th after their Easter Holidays and I will be finishing off at
the end of the school year on December 6th. I am beyond excited
and also nervous in a good way. I get to meet the class for 3 days before the
holidays start and work with their existing teacher on Monday the 26th
through to Wednesday the 28th. So we will just leave that little
nugget of gold as it is… and ill update as more news arrives!
Other News…
ED SHEERAN CONCERT TONIGHT!! The 12-year-old fan girl inside of me is doing back-flips!
ED SHEERAN CONCERT TONIGHT!! The 12-year-old fan girl inside of me is doing back-flips!
Until Next Time… and
hopefully less emotional and more positive….UGH ADULT-ING IS HARD!
Cheers
-B
