Home again, Home again, Jiggety-Jig!
I've been back home for awhile now. The nursery rhymes I sang to Dano are just a distant memory - a very, very good memory. I had a wonderful Christmas with my sweetest of all grandsons, and my most wonderful daughter and son-in-law. I really miss them. But now it's time to gear up for my job.
How nice it has been to just relax, kick back, crochet, read some good fiction - the Jodi Picoult book was NOT a disappointment (I finished it just as my plane landed back in good old NC). It was good to be able to ease back into ordinary life - put away Christmas, clean the house, catch up on old friends through Christmas letters, etc. But now the inevitable has arrived.
Yesterday I started doing some research on new theories in teaching ESL students. Since it's a relatively new field, methods for ESL teaching are evolving. Now there is yet another method arriving on the scene that I'm learning about. The trick will be trying to share it with my principal and the other teachers in my school. But, you know what? At 56 it seems to be taking longer and longer for me to grasp what I read. Wonder why that is?
Regardless of my age, today is lesson-planning day. I can no longer avoid it. I plan to "hole up" in my room with my computer and my planbook; my Celine Dion cds and my flavored coffee; and plan next week's lessons. Who knows? Maybe I'll get really inspired, and "knock the socks off" those kids with some really great lessons! Hey! It could happen!
Sooooo - Let the day begin....
