Ahhhhh, this may have been the only weekend I wanted to end (and tomorrow may be the only tuesday that I anxiously await.) Besides the fact that my students boo every time John McCain is mentioned, I am planning on reading a book written by Amnesty International. My goal is to tell my kids that other places besides America have (and deserve) the right to vote, among several other rights that are detailed in the articles of the universal declaration of human rights. I am pumped to point out my Buddha quote and talk about politics and generally put my karma-love and liberalism to good use.

In other news, I did a day of observations today and it was….not what I thought. I thought for sure I’d go into other classrooms and have some great epiphany about how to fix my own. Instead, I found myself wishing I could just hear teachers plan out their days, their behavior plans, and their incentives systems. Not only that, but every teacher I observed didn’t have an extrinsic motivation system, which made me feel pretty worthless.

Also, as much as I’m struggling with understanding the value of skills days (I’m not going to detail it now, just know it’s…not what I would call school reform), I’m starting to reframe and feel better.

I also got 7 hugs today from my children, who desperately miss me whenever I’m not there, and then make me cry when I am present.