When I was a middle school teacher, it never failed that my 6th hour class which was right after lunch was just bananas in one way or another. It didn’t matter what grade I was teaching, or what content we were studying, or even the phase of the moon (although the full moon days were unusually special!). It was just a really tough transition time that I always tried to handle creatively. Some days were better than others:)
Of course, thinking back on it, I have all sorts of creative ideas for what might have eased the shift from lunch to class…but I’m getting off track here.
What I was thinking last night was that if I could handle the 6th hour “thing” all that time with other people’s children, then perhaps this time between the end of summer and the beginning of the school year is another “6th hour stretch” with my own little darlings. Because of who I am and what I’ve done for so many years, when all is crazy at home, when I’m on my game I just fake it and fall into teacher Darma. It usually works really well, and I think I need to do it more. So, I think I will!
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