An unfinished chess game is the perfect metaphor for how I view the school year tonight. It began with great plans and intentions but we’re rushing to a hollow ending, punctuated by the little ping you hear when you kick an empty can. WARNING: you have just been exposed to the effects of the burnout monster.
I have 5 days until I call the school year finished. Can I conquer this monster? Can I look at the year objectively and the see the truth in what we have accomplished?
I think objectivity is one of the first things to fail when I am weary. To get my objectivity back, I need to fill in my spreadsheets with scores and figure out grades. Maybe I need a teacher fairy to tell me if I can go to the good teacher ball. (You know, the ball where I have new contact lenses, a haircut, and a few extra hours of reading time each day.) Can this little teacher have a guilt-free summer break, please?
And can I get a little assertiveness fairy, too? Are you clapping your hands? Do you believe? Truly, a little glittery fairy to give me courage to face a lurking task and the teacher fairy to look over the kids’ projects would be just the thing.