Working really hard to keep my cool

This year the sheer number of difficult students is wearing me down already and it's only November.

The sheer load of paperwork that has been foisted upon us is NOT helping.

Here's where our pact comes in.

A colleague and I decided that we are not going to sweat the demands. Whenever we start getting fired up, one of us has to put the brakes on, and then we laugh, acknowledge that we are being asked the impossible, acknowledge they are going to continue to ask the impossible, acknowledge how ridiculous it is, acknowledge we do the best we can and make the right choices for the kids, and move on and get some yummy cafeteria pizza or something.

It is working pretty well.

Thanks, K! Without her this job would be impossible.