It is Wednesday, December 3. I had to look it up. I’m on vacation and I lose track of the days very shortly after Christmas and then once again after New Years. I’m going to try to stick with my blog as much as I possibly can. I am trying to get on here every day and up to this point the last three years it’s been really hard for me to keep up. Sickness, surgeries, job, changes, depression, anxiety…… These are a few of my excuses.
I met up with a former student today and his mom. We met at a place that was appropriate for her child to run and play and still allow us to converse. We spoke for 4 hours!! We could’ve spoken even more, but my husband called, wondering where I was. We spoke so freely to one another because she trusted me and I value that in a teacher parent relationship. The only way your child is going to be successful is if the school and the home life connect and consistently chat with one another.
She and I had so many ideas that we want to do for the future. Probably the most important one to me is to meet up monthly with her and her child so that I can keep that trust and the relationship going for many years to come. We shared a lot of ideas with one another on how we view situations and expectations and settings and rules and laws and social culture etc. We really both want to continue to help as many people as we can.
I am going to be trying to create my own YouTube channel. My son said he will help me because I have absolutely no idea where to begin. The goal of the YouTube channel will be to create little snips of advice, observations, fixes, telltale signs, and really anything else I can come up with.
After 30 years of teaching, I still want to give back to the parents and their children. I could write so many books about my past 30 years of teaching, with some really positive moments and some very frustrating moments. I’ve learned and I’ve trusted and I’ve had it backfire and I’ve had it Flourish.
Stay tuned for my next chapter……