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The problem with spending most of my life with teenagers is the wannabe Nike addiction I’ve developed.

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I just spent 10 minutes hovering around my doorway watching the hall for two young ladies I thought had slipped out without permission during the wrong lunch period. I was kicking myself for being distracted helping other kids since these two are a bit of a known element.

One of them just came up to me from inside my room and asked what I was doing. They were both hunkered in the back corner working on their Chromebooks the whole time.

I'm officially THAT teacher now. I lost two kids IN MY OWN ROOM THAT HAS NO WALLS OR DIVIDERS OR ANYTHING!!!

*sigh*

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I really wish the janitors at my school would’ve put all the tasks at least on stacked after the box the floors. My back is absolutely freaking killing me trying to set up my classroom. And because it hurt so bad yesterday, I couldn’t get any work done. I’m very frustrated and upset. But it will be OK, I will get it done.

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Sometimes I get SO derailed by things based solely on the principle of the matter...

https://bluecerealeducation.com/blog/principle-matter

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I try to be a positive person and recognize that my students are still teenagers and sometimes require some... grace.

But I'm SO tired of how often the same kids who insist on spending every class period either on their phones, cutting up with their friends, or nodding off repeatedly keep sending me tortured emails wondering how they can get their grade up and coming by during other hours with those hurt looks on their faces.

I can help them learn history, or writing, or basic school skills, or any number of other things. Clearly I'm failing at basic "cause and effect" and there's no way they're going to be prepared to cope with reality after high school.

OK - back to being a positive, encouraging person...

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My Paraphrase of a Recent Faculty Meeting:

"2023 is going to be a year of INNOVATION for us - by which I mean, we're going to resurrect some programs that we've tried repeatedly over the years but have never worked and which we refuse to alter based on feedback from those who've been through this cycle multiple times. If you resist, it's because you don't care enough about our kids' success to risk being INNOVATIVE!"

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As I'm working on lessons for next week, it's a blurry line sometimes between "I'm not sure X or Y would be effective with my current students" and "yeah, they're just not smart enough or emotionally mature enough for this activity to work."

The underlying concern is the same, but over the years I've come to think that TONE is important, even in my own internal voice. Trying to be honest about my kids - who I love, even when they make me tired - but without letting myself become cynical or start undervaluing them.

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