world's worst student teacher: the first year

main turf gang girl w. knife
territories old grudges

october 9, 2002.

My meds are shifting in efficacy, which means that I'm no longer terribly groggy all day long, but my anxiety dreams have returned. Last night I dreamed of a class that would not pay attention, which drained my sleeping self just as it drains my waking self. I woke up angry, tired & depressed - not at all the way you want to go into another full day in the hamster wheel.

I'm starting to think that I only really enjoyed teaching highschool because all of the major organizational work was done for me and I only had to play at responsibility for five weeks. Being in charge of three brand-new overfull courses is nothing at all like playing.

I dunno. I think I'm just having a bad day, one started by bad dreams and full of frustration. I continue to live for the day when I find a way to make two out of three classes run smoothly instead of none.

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