Today I am joining the positive writing community over at Five Minute Friday (a day late) for their weekly link-up. Each week we gather to write on a common theme. This week our theme is Teach.
Eight days in to the 2021-2022 school year and I have already been through so much: adapting to numerous administration changes, learning my role as a Student Council advisor, a 24 hour stomach bug, learning 150+ students’ names, and kicking off my courses in fun, interactive ways. In many ways it has felt like things are back to the way they were pre-Covid, but this week the pandemic kept rearing its ugly head in the background. A few students quarantined here and there, social distancing protocols, and the latest talk of reinstating mask mandates in the schools.
I’m not here to be political or to insert myself into the dialogue about our rights to not wear masks as American citizens. All I want to accomplish is a smooth, productive, and positive school year.
If we could leave Covid protocols to the previous school years and move forward with a clean, healthy slate that would be ideal. No one would argue that. But as my sudden illness this week proved, being healthy comes before anything else.
So those are my scattered ruminations after my first eight days. Things are going well and I’m trying really hard to ignore the fact that Covid is still trying to impact my school year. I’m ready for a normal year of learning and growing as a teacher and individual.
The Ameri Brit Mom
The Ameri Brit Mom 
I read your comment and as a fellow teacher and Christian, it goes to the core of who we are. 🙂 I was the FCCLA advisor, and we competed and went to Nationals–lots of work. So I will try to keep up with you and help pray through the year. My first prayer is for your health both physically and emotionally for God to keep you safe and attune to your students. Rhonda.
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