I really haven't been as good with this blogging thing as I thought I was going to be. :o) This time of the school year is crazy! I forgot how out of control the students can get! Only 2 more months and a big break! It has been so long since I have had summer vacation. I am so excited!
Mark's talk Saturday was AWESOME!!! I teach first grade, and I tend to get really frustrated when I hear the kids blame someone else for them getting in trouble. I will say, "why did you push that student?" And the response 100% of the time is, "Well, they was messing with me!" or "They called me stupid, or they did..." It is never the fault of the person getting caught. I wish that was the way life worked! :o) I have really thought about it a lot this week- my dad always told me it was my choice to be in a bad mood. That made me SO mad as a teenager. Now I know he was right! I had never really thought much about, "you make me so happy!" I mean if I choose to be in a bad mood can I not also choose to be in a happy mood. YES! I can and should choose to be in a happy mood. How much time to I waste being down over things in life that I cannot change. I just need to get over it smile and say I choose not to let that get to me! It is cool to actively think about something like that! It is even cooler to not let myself think people determine whether I am happy or not. That is my decision, and I must own it! My biggest thing with my students outside of the curriculum is taking responsibility for their actions. I never really though about it carrying over to our attitudes as well! :o) Today I choose to be happy!! :o)
Stephanie
4 comments:
Yeah, it's so much easier to blame others for our bad moods & our negative reactions. It's the hardest thing to decide not to react negatively! Yay on deciding to be happy & positive! :)
This is absolutely wonderful and I've never had the emotional strength to acutally make that work for me. But you've written it so eloquently that I think this can help me. I am going to leave this blog "unread" so I can come back to it and read it often. Thanks so much for the brilliance!
Thanks for what you do every day! You have a special gift to share yourself with little ones.
See you tomorrow!
Robin read my mind. I admire all teachers, specially those who want to teach little ones. Thank you.
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