SOS

I don't usually post events out of order.  Actually, I never do.  It's one of the reason why my posts are so long in coming, but today I'm breaking from that because... well, I was sinking.  

Truth of it is, I felt like I had been sinking all week.  None of my classes seemed to be running smoothly, my students were more monster than children and my workload was growing higher and higher without even a moment to get anything done.  

I know that in the big picture of life, these issues are not Titanic sinking icebergs; but to me, this week they were large enough to create an overwhelming sense of stress and emotional angst. 

What a wonderment I must have been to the tiny 1st graders as they walked past me in the hallway as the pressure got to be too much and the tears were unleashed.  

But I wasn't left to sink.  My co-teachers, who I think I've been underestimating their care and support for me, were quick to rescue me.  

And although they don't read my blog - or know about it (which is probably a good thing) - I just wanted to write a short bit about today and say that although my students are still monsters and my workload is just as high, my co-teachers have helped lift some of the pressure from my shoulders and for that I'm so thankful!

 

"If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood running down his chest, his knees buckling, his arms trembling but still trying to hold the world aloft with the last of his strength, and the greater the effort the heavier the world bore down upon his shoulders - what would you tell him to do?  I don't know.  What could he do?  What would you tell him?  To shrug."