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Turn of the Semester
Here it is, one of my favourite times of year - the beginning of second semester.
Why do I love second semester, you might ask? Well, even if you didn't, I'm going to tell you. Here are my reasons, in no particular order:
1) Everything old is new again - Okay so it's a bit of a cliche, but I love that I can just throw away everything I screwed up from last semester and get a chance to try again. Experience tells me I will undoubtedly make the same mistakes again this semester, despite my good intentions, but right now I can still bask in the warming glow of the hope that this will be the semester I succeed!
2) New friends, new people - Okay I loved the kiddos I taught last semester, but truthfully, spending 5 days a week with them grows tiresome after awhile. I would liken it to living with a friend...you can really, really like them, but sometimes you get sick of seeing their face everyday. So instead of waiting until you're not friends anymore, you evict them and get a new roommate. Well I am getting approximately 90!
3) Stress-less - For the next week, I won't feel buried beneath an unbearable mountain of marking. Sometimes even two weeks. So I can do fun stuff without this nagging voice in the back of my mind telling me "You know you should really be working right now!". I always ignore that voice, but still, it's annoying.
4) Change for the sake of change: Sometimes, a change is good, just because it's a change. Like sheets, or underwear.
And as I sit here in my workroom, writing this blog, I have come to the realization that courses may change, students may change and timetables may change, but in the midst of it all I remain the same.
But for the next couple of weeks I can hope that this is the semester that I will change!
Can't wait to see what June brings :)
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Why do I love second semester, you might ask? Well, even if you didn't, I'm going to tell you. Here are my reasons, in no particular order:
1) Everything old is new again - Okay so it's a bit of a cliche, but I love that I can just throw away everything I screwed up from last semester and get a chance to try again. Experience tells me I will undoubtedly make the same mistakes again this semester, despite my good intentions, but right now I can still bask in the warming glow of the hope that this will be the semester I succeed!
2) New friends, new people - Okay I loved the kiddos I taught last semester, but truthfully, spending 5 days a week with them grows tiresome after awhile. I would liken it to living with a friend...you can really, really like them, but sometimes you get sick of seeing their face everyday. So instead of waiting until you're not friends anymore, you evict them and get a new roommate. Well I am getting approximately 90!
3) Stress-less - For the next week, I won't feel buried beneath an unbearable mountain of marking. Sometimes even two weeks. So I can do fun stuff without this nagging voice in the back of my mind telling me "You know you should really be working right now!". I always ignore that voice, but still, it's annoying.
4) Change for the sake of change: Sometimes, a change is good, just because it's a change. Like sheets, or underwear.
And as I sit here in my workroom, writing this blog, I have come to the realization that courses may change, students may change and timetables may change, but in the midst of it all I remain the same.
But for the next couple of weeks I can hope that this is the semester that I will change!
Can't wait to see what June brings :)
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