Loved your post, Marcus. At that point in the school year when everything seems to pull students out, you found a way to make reflection meaningful. My friend Mollee teaches the power of story in this very same way. She's helping school librarians across North Carolina tell their own stories through the NC New(s) Librarian network, and it's amazing work.
I appreciate how you captured that post-testing, pre-summer stretch, which can feel like a motivational ghost town, and flipped it into an open canvas. The end of the year doesn't have to be just a well-deserved finish line; it can also be a moment when the pressure eases up and curiosity can stretch its legs.
Thank you for that reminder. Love the Starfish Lessons!
"The end of the year doesn't have to be just a well-deserved finish line; it can also be a moment when the pressure eases up and curiosity can stretch its legs."
🙏 I want to re-read this sentence every day for the next six weeks, haha!
I appreciate my teacher friends. I have one hard class this year - three classes in total. They are my first class of the day and have not improved this year in behavior. I feel crazy and today after they left, I wanted to cry. My friend coming to the next class could tell and then I couldn’t contain it. If it weren’t for my teacher besties reminding each other how great we are and that we care and that’s why we’re there, I might just up and leave some days.
Loved your post, Marcus. At that point in the school year when everything seems to pull students out, you found a way to make reflection meaningful. My friend Mollee teaches the power of story in this very same way. She's helping school librarians across North Carolina tell their own stories through the NC New(s) Librarian network, and it's amazing work.
I appreciate how you captured that post-testing, pre-summer stretch, which can feel like a motivational ghost town, and flipped it into an open canvas. The end of the year doesn't have to be just a well-deserved finish line; it can also be a moment when the pressure eases up and curiosity can stretch its legs.
Thank you for that reminder. Love the Starfish Lessons!
"The end of the year doesn't have to be just a well-deserved finish line; it can also be a moment when the pressure eases up and curiosity can stretch its legs."
🙏 I want to re-read this sentence every day for the next six weeks, haha!
Thank you so much for being here.
I appreciate my teacher friends. I have one hard class this year - three classes in total. They are my first class of the day and have not improved this year in behavior. I feel crazy and today after they left, I wanted to cry. My friend coming to the next class could tell and then I couldn’t contain it. If it weren’t for my teacher besties reminding each other how great we are and that we care and that’s why we’re there, I might just up and leave some days.