March 24, 2009

My students came back to school today. It was good to have them back. I am really tired, but it felt good to get back into the regular routine. We only have 47 days left after today. This is the beginning of the end, the first day of 4^th quarter so it’s pretty much downhill from here. The end of the school year always makes me feel a bunch of conflicting things.

I’ll be glad when it’s over and get that long break. But, I’ll be sad to see my students go. Every year each group is special for their own reason and I just fall in love with all of them. It’s hard to know they will not be in my classroom anymore.

Then again, it’s exciting to know I get to meet and get to know a whole new group when school starts back up. I also get excited about that time I get to spend with my own two children while school is out. And, it’s the time I get reflective on what I could have done differently and what I can change for next year to hopefully make things that did not go smoothly work better.