But it really is a lot of change at once. Even though I knew it was coming.
Moving back to a different country after being home for 2 months, jumping back full force into work within a day of arrival, new staff (and although they are great, I do miss good friends that were here last year and didn't return), and a new class...
To be honest, that last thing hit me really hard the last few days. I don't know if its normal for second year teachers to go through a withdrawl process from their first class, or if I just am a crazy person, but I got really attached to my class last year. And last night as I was preparing for the first day, I got really sad that they weren't going to be my class this year. Maybe its a little different in a bigger school where entire classes don't stay intact as they move from one grade to another. But to see them line up in the third grade line right next to me broke my heart, but of course you have to let them go and make them think its the greatest thing ever that they are in third grade. Luckily I got lots of hugs and smiles and waves and greetings as they passed by throughout the day. Its still hard though-- I thought of them often throughout the day. A big part of me wishes we could just pick up where we left off and keep going.
But I'm not trying to sell my new class short. They are a good class, very cute and full of energy and humor. My good friend was their teacher last year and loved them. But things are just a little different, and I'm going to have to learn to be okay with that. I definitely think its going to be a challenge this year, academically speaking, and I think that's part of what's overwhelming me-- I will have to be a better teacher. I've been praying that I can be as enthusiastic and loving of this new class as I was of my last. And I know that will come.
And the first day did go pretty smoothly. Day 1 Down, many more to go!
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| New 2nd Graders minus 2 who were absent! |
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