David (Talone) responded to Jeff: Jeff, Sorry to jump in late, but I wanted to express my support and understanding as well. Last week was a HUGE struggle for me and I was heavily chastised by my administration as well. It is really tough to stand tall and strong when you are getting slammed from […]
Jeff responded to John: John, Thanks for your kind words. I agree with what you are saying. I also know that I need to fly under the radar now, more than ever. However, I don’t know what to do. I don’t know how to pull back and lower my stress. I know that reading days
I responded to Jeff: I have the same conviction about CI instruction which is often accompanied by the resultant anger which for me turns into five minute pointless (to the kids) lectures about jGR and stuff and they don’t hear me. It is maddening when they do shit like that. What I am hearing from
James responded to Jeff: I find myself extending reading days more and more, which is something I think I remember Ben saying, too. Reading days are SUPER HELPFUL for that burnout feeling. Reading days or even movie days. Just take a 2 week vacation from oral/aural CI with your upper levels. No big deal. Just
John responded to Jeff: Jeff, I know I sound like a broken record these days, but I really want to emphasize that you need to be putting yourself first here: your job security, your mental health and emotional stability, and your family. No class or method is worth sacrificing these things for, especially a Latin
Dear all, Yesterday, I was doing an activity with my Latin III class where we read a Latin I story using family members and I was circling things like “who is the father’s son?” I turned my back and some kid threw something across the room. I turned around and out of extreme frustration, I
