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Showing posts with label Transitions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Transitions. Show all posts

Monday, October 1, 2012

Awfully Dark...

Tuesday's Slice of Life...@ TwoWritingTeachers
Special thanks to Stacey and Ruth for Hosting this weekly writing community!

Walking ever to s l o w ly
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                                                                                                        how many are there?

Don't know
Haven't got my footing
Nothing is routine
Nothing is the norm
Nothing seems to be going how I thought it would

So I start again from the top every day
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                                                                                                            how many are there?
Feeling the steps now
Getting my footing
Some things are routine
Some things are the norm
Some things are finally going how I thought they would

So I start again from the top each day
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                                                                                             not there yet, when will I learn?

It's awfully dark, I can't seem to find my way-I need a guiding light-I pray something goes my way!


Transitioning:  back to the classroom:

new building with a
new staff,
new routines,
new kiddos,
new rules,
new curriculum,
new databases,
new software,

new start times,
new morning routine,
new tick-tocking clock,

Transitioning:  child #1
new year,
new teachers,
new rules,
new ways of planning,
new ways of studying,

Transitioning:  child #2
new daycare,
new procedures,
new teachers,
new forms,
new friends,
new tot cot,
new cups,

have all made for one crazy start to the school year.  I feel like I am constantly going down the steps in the dark and I still don't know how many there are.  I feel like I can't see yet, I don't know the way...hoping and things get better each day.  And they are-
still skipping a step here and there, fumbling for the railing, needing support...

If there is someone new in your life this day, reach out and be their light-show them the way!