So after 2 and a half weeks of being sick, I think I have finally come back to a generally full health stage--just in time for a dentist appointment this week!
Being a sub for sick teachers exposes me to the apparently highly contagious bugs going around from what I've seen of number of absences of teachers and students at ALL the schools I've been in these last two weeks. I started off with a really bad cold....and JUST as that one was beginning to leave me in a bit of peace, I caught the nasty stomach bug going around--it could have been worse and i've had worse, but it wasn't pleasant to say the least. But God has been good and I only opted out of one full day of subbing because I was just too blahed out to make it. and Josh was well enough to take his mom's updated laptop down to her in Ohio and finish transferring her files and get it set up. I couldn't go with him because my next two months of Sunday afternoons will have me teaching an ACT prep class. Between subbing and tutoring I've been generally keeping a 40 hour work week.
I've really enjoyed subbing. I like the variety and getting to see the techniques different teachers use. It's also nice to be able to help out the fellow math teachers and be able to help their students when I'm needed. It's also given me a chance to see just how very very different the public schools are compared to my previous experience. Not necessarily for worse or better, but just different systems and a different atmosphere. I really think the subbing experience is making me a better teacher. It's a really good learning and development tool--one so much that I sometimes wonder if it wouldn't be possible to require ALL teachers to have this kind of experience.
I'm now not having blood pressure increases or mini-panic attacks at the thought of the possibility of going back into full-time teaching next year. God will open the doors if that's where he'll have me. However, I'm also very much appreciating the ability to slowly ease myself back into some ministry opportunities like AWANA and getting more involved with church. While I wasn't sure if I could continue with that next year if I end up with a full-time teaching job, I've gained a lot of ideas to lessen my workload outside of school hours. We shall just have to see how God leads.
Posted by Anna at February 20, 2009 05:06 PM | TrackBack