The Wrath of October

For the love of god, this is a hard job to do well and feel effective sometimes. When I started my career, I was on a block schedule and taught three 90-minute classes a day. I had 80 kids or so (no, class sizes weren't crazy small) but really was able to dig into issues and didn't feel like I had to rev myself up and down so often throughout the day. I also got to know the kids much better. I now pine for those days. I feel so overwhelmed right now with grading and planning that I'm at school late and barely feel like I make a dent, then I come home and grade/plan some more. I don't know why it's feeling so especially hard right now, but it is. Oy.

In other news, I'll be playing the Cowardly Lion in our department's dressup as Wizard of Oz on Friday.