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Quit worrying! / Tuesday, April 03, 2007 @ 6:09 PM
Quit worrying!
| Your Worry Factor is 51% |
 While you're not a worrywart, you worry more than you should. Maybe you don't have enough to keep your mind occupied at times... Or perhaps you've trapped yourself into some bad thinking patterns. Try to worry less and enjoy life more. There's no point thinking about things you can't change! |
Do You Worry Too Much?
It is good that we are stationed only in base school for the next 6 weeks. Rushing here and there made me feel like a mad woman and I was pretty sure I was going berserk from the lack of sleep.
Honestly, I have no idea how I survived the last few days with 4 to 5 hours of sleep. I feel like a zombie and walking around doing things but I feel my brain is refusing to work. I do not seem to have any new ideas to incorporate into my lesson plans. This may seem normal to you but I always have new ideas! Oh oh is it a sign of growing old??
I learned that no matter what happens, life still move on and we can have to choose how we want to react to circumstances. We cannot change what happened. However we can change what is to come.
Like I mentioned in my last post, my CT and the EP have shown great confidence in me, therefore asking me to do the informal assessment. I have no problems doing this but there is a long list of students waiting for me to see them. I think it will last me even after TP! Also, I am suppose to create a database for all kids with dyslexia and file them into one giant file. This means I have to read through all the casefiles before picking out the cases of dyslexia. I just received 2 thick files!
So now I have to prioritize. My 3 boys come first no matter what I have to do. I have a packed schedule starting from 7 am since I am to take care of the Buddy Reading Programme too. Before this, the CT was the only one doing all this. This is crazy. 1 person doing all the work? Now we have 2 person doing all the work. Whoopy.
As you can see I tend to worry too much but with what has been going on the past month, how not to worry? It does suck at times being the eldest and I think that kinda makes me worry more. Still, I am here, as cheerful and most importantly, sane. I am still blur about my recordings and observations. I just received an email from Alice saying that we have to collect the report from Spring Building this Saturday to submit to NSCs. We have to submit the forms personally to NSC? What in the world? I am so blur. I briefly went through the TP manual because it was so long winded. My goodness. Plus, my CT and SCM are equally blur about the datelines and there is so many things to do that they sometimes put it aside first. Who can blame them?
Ok I shall stop talking about work now.
I totally did not know that Friday is a public holiday thus I planned my lesson plan for 5 full days. Apparently I have to attend a family gathering since there is a newborn baby in the family. I do not hate family gatherings but I do hate being asked the same questions over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. I shall be sure to include my pictures on the front page of newspaper when I do what you tell me to do ok.
As always, I shall end on a positive note. My ST recommended this site and I encourage all of you reading this entry to watch the video. Especially to all teachers and fellow SNOs. This video makes me cry but then again, I cry watching everything.
What touches me most about this video is how much impact you can have on others. Each one of us has within us, a power to influence someone else's feelings. It can be a word, a pat on the back, a smile, or even a touch , do not underestimate what you can do for others.
This is why I teach. Not to be a teacher. But to be a learner who makes changes along the way in the pursuit of becoming a better individual.
Honestly, I have no idea how I survived the last few days with 4 to 5 hours of sleep. I feel like a zombie and walking around doing things but I feel my brain is refusing to work. I do not seem to have any new ideas to incorporate into my lesson plans. This may seem normal to you but I always have new ideas! Oh oh is it a sign of growing old??
I learned that no matter what happens, life still move on and we can have to choose how we want to react to circumstances. We cannot change what happened. However we can change what is to come.
Like I mentioned in my last post, my CT and the EP have shown great confidence in me, therefore asking me to do the informal assessment. I have no problems doing this but there is a long list of students waiting for me to see them. I think it will last me even after TP! Also, I am suppose to create a database for all kids with dyslexia and file them into one giant file. This means I have to read through all the casefiles before picking out the cases of dyslexia. I just received 2 thick files!
So now I have to prioritize. My 3 boys come first no matter what I have to do. I have a packed schedule starting from 7 am since I am to take care of the Buddy Reading Programme too. Before this, the CT was the only one doing all this. This is crazy. 1 person doing all the work? Now we have 2 person doing all the work. Whoopy.
As you can see I tend to worry too much but with what has been going on the past month, how not to worry? It does suck at times being the eldest and I think that kinda makes me worry more. Still, I am here, as cheerful and most importantly, sane. I am still blur about my recordings and observations. I just received an email from Alice saying that we have to collect the report from Spring Building this Saturday to submit to NSCs. We have to submit the forms personally to NSC? What in the world? I am so blur. I briefly went through the TP manual because it was so long winded. My goodness. Plus, my CT and SCM are equally blur about the datelines and there is so many things to do that they sometimes put it aside first. Who can blame them?
Ok I shall stop talking about work now.
I totally did not know that Friday is a public holiday thus I planned my lesson plan for 5 full days. Apparently I have to attend a family gathering since there is a newborn baby in the family. I do not hate family gatherings but I do hate being asked the same questions over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. I shall be sure to include my pictures on the front page of newspaper when I do what you tell me to do ok.
As always, I shall end on a positive note. My ST recommended this site and I encourage all of you reading this entry to watch the video. Especially to all teachers and fellow SNOs. This video makes me cry but then again, I cry watching everything.
What touches me most about this video is how much impact you can have on others. Each one of us has within us, a power to influence someone else's feelings. It can be a word, a pat on the back, a smile, or even a touch , do not underestimate what you can do for others.
This is why I teach. Not to be a teacher. But to be a learner who makes changes along the way in the pursuit of becoming a better individual.
If a child cannot learn the way you teach, teach the way the child learns.
