The week in the classroom has been an exercise in treading water. We have an extra period to teach (actually babysit) since the elective teachers (art, PE, music) are helping with the various grades' field days. So we have watched Princess Bride over two mornings, and today, with a schoolwide picnic I showed two movies, one before and one after lunch.
For my regular classes, they can play a math game or two, which is not too pressing, or if they act like little shits they can complete, without a calculator, some prerequisite skills for 7th grade. Two classes so far have fallen to this level. Hopefully tomorrow some of the real problems will get the hint and start staying home. It being OUR field day, the morning is all about getting sweaty, and the afternoon will be all about trying to calm down and sit still - I am hoping many parents will just pick up their kids early. And, as above, hoping that for most of my kids, Field Day will be the mental conclusion to the year, and they will just stop coming.
Not to say today was bad, because it wasn't. But by the time I got to trivia, my mood had gone from apathetic to morose. And it didn't improve. I felt outside the group tonight, and it is the old chicken/egg question. Was I outside because I was depressed, or am I depressed because I felt outside? I can't even put a finger on the cause - just too tired to think about it.
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