Chill Time

It's grand to be home, home, home and plan on working on the mundane. This past week is great with finals and sending kids home at 11:30am. The ideal work day is 8:00am till 11:30 am with the rest to catch up and play. Tons of grading.

Reading through student acknowledgment of semester growth and learning is rewarding. Many said they can draw what they now see as opposed to what they know - my goal for them. The majority did well in their finals and the lower cognitive level students had their cheat sheets to refer to (as did the class). The conversation of cheating was eliminated and students understood those papers were like their security blanket as they pretty much were sick of the information and were ready to just spit it out and be done.

Yesterday, I caught up with old friends from Mohave MS, the old school. That was a great reality check - truly love my life and where I am with the older kids. May miss some teachers and their cheer, laughter, and good will, and happy to be at the high school level. Day before did a presentation for the school about how great the art department is and invite them to sign up for arts. Lots of hands waiving at me as I stood on stage. Way cool. It was an opportune time to walk around and hug lots of old teacher friends too. Loved that day. Brian said the kids were happy to see me again and enjoyed the presentation.

Everything unfolds exactly the way it needs to.

Part of our homework is to rectify integrity. When doing so it becomes obvious where there is an out in integrity, and it's obvious when it's everywhere. There is a distinct discomfort because I cannot close my eyes and pretend it does not exist as I have in the past. Now I get to step up to the plate and clean up the mess.

Integrity issues: gossiping, misunderstanding intent and labeling negatives, being late, anything related to lack of follow through on my word given to others and myself.

Home, it's really good to be home and catch up
be complete with myself first
so I can be complete with others