Horrendous Day

Even with my better attitude, today just sucked. Kids misbehaving affected me much more than it should have, the lesson didn't engage them. I just wanted to run away and hide, go to one of the "safe zones" for teachers and have a time out or cry or something. It drains me so much that I doze at the lunch table. Just a day at a time, thinking to myself "babysitting, and if they learn something, great." And the TCAP pressure is on. Analyze this data, create these kinds of probes to reinforce concepts, teach them to use calculators better (this one actually is fine with me, it lets me off the hook with a ton of concepts and simple calculations). Pressure. Building. Mounting.