School's Out!

So, I got the best news ever this week! I am NOT one of the ones being laid off! Excuse me while I get my shout on - big mama style! Instead of being let go, I am now responsible for a section of 10th grade English and an SAT prep course. So a lot more work, but at least I still have a job for which to work!

So the fantasy I had of a workplace love affair has fallen pretty flat, which is extremely ironic because the school is mostly run by men, but less than a handful are actually attractive, in my age range, and aren't married. In fact, there are about two, one of which became ineligible last week.

Sigh.

I'm still waiting for my Mr. Right. I was hoping to find him at my workplace, where I am most happy, but I guess that's not what God had in store for me.

But God is a comedian because I've found myself in the same place that I've always been where I am either attracting younger boys (ie. my students) or older guys (ie. creepy coworkers) but never anyone in between! So frustrating!

Ah well.

This week went well, and students are making further progress. I truly do love them like they are my own, and it feels so amazing to hear them calling me their favorite teacher. I hear so many negative things about certain kids that surprise me because they just are not that way when they enter my classroom.

Someone once told me that there are no "problem kids," only broken relationships that are usually the fault of the adult in the situation.

I was skeptical of this, but when you hear the stories the kids tell, the theory keeps proving itself over and over again.

Some of my favorite students are the bane of another teacher's existence. It's crazy.

But I'll just keep doing what I'm doing and leave the rest to God.

For the first time, I am very, very happy. I don't think I've smiled so much in my life. Those kids really give me everything.