Do other professionals get asked that question? Do other professions lump the ups and downs of a given week into a projection and prediction of the whole year? Hmmm, I don't think so...
We teachers often find ourselves caught up in the microcosm of our classroom and view our destiny as set and defined; our fate unchangeable (I'll never survive this group of kids!). But it's not unchangeable. Just because this week is bad doesn't mean that every week will be. Let's take our school year day by day and week by week like the rest of the world tackles their work time. Let's be flexible and make changes. Let's research and learn. Let's view our school year as something to build how we want it not something fate doled out for us to survive. There is much MUCH we cannot change in our profession (and what a wonderful world it would be if we could), but we can change ourselves and our attitudes and habits. We can be willing and open to try anything and everything to make it work and make it better and make it a school year in which we and our students can be successful.
I'm going to borrow Tim Gunn's words as my motto this year. "Make it work!"
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