Frazzled. That would be a good word to describe my current state of being. At this point in my Student teaching I experience, I have reached the halfway point. I have completed 3 1/2 weeks of placement one and have 3 1/2 more to go. Unfortunately, the next 3 1/2 weeks will be harder than the first because I have been gradually adding classes into my teaching day week by week until this week where I am now teaching the maximum 3 lessons per day. That means I will be writing 15 lesson plans per week from now until March 4. If any of you are wondering how many that it, it's 54 from now until March 4! While it can vary depending on the subject I am teaching, each lesson takes anywhere from 1-2 hours for me to prepare and write. That is a lot of time considering I am teaching 3 voice students at PBU as an "affiliate artist" this semester, taking a 4 hour long graduate class on Tuesday nights, running my churches Easter musical practice on Saturdays from 12-5 and still trying to remember that the house should be cleaned, dinner should be made and I should get to bed at a decent hour.
As you can imagine, there are some things that are starting to slip through the cracks and I don't feel one bit guilty about it. For example, I was able to vaccuum the house on Saturday and get all the laundry done, but there would be no dusting or washing of floors. Some things have to give for me right now because there is just not enough time in the day. Thankfully, I have been to make some time for exercise and scripture reading in the late afternoon evening (before I start writing lesson plans) but you can pray for me that I make it through this whole ordeal with my sanity intact.
3 comments:
Ahh,I certainly will keep you in my prayers. You are bringing back bad memories to my mind. It is a tough life, teaching in a Christian school. Hang in there.
That's insane! Make sure you find time to relax and unwind for the sake of the baby. I have been seeing some research lately that stress hormones cross over to the baby in utero. RELAX!!! Breathe deeply.
It is so sad that as Christians we expect so much from other Christians- even more than the unsaved expect. I know first hand how hard it is to try to live on what a church or school pays you. But some how we made it and now you are experiencing it. Don't give up and if that is what God has for you, He will take care of your needs.
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