Good morning to all.
One of the things I’ve read time and time again, if you are going to write, just do it.
#sorryNike
So, here I am, just doing it!
This morning, I came across this thread dealing with a claim made by a high profile “Edu-star” that their significate other, who is a teacher “never brought any work home. No lesson planning. No grading. Home is home time.”
#ummmmmwhat
As you might imagine, a small storm ensued with the “oh that’s great” and “family time is so important” crowd vs. the “I call B.S.” and they “never grow as a teacher” crowd getting their shots in on each other. Highly entertaining, but not what Twitter, nor our profession needs.
My beef with all this is simple: share it out. If your husband or wife can do this (when I was a middle school teacher English teacher, grading was done all over the place), then why not share how?? Why keep this holy grail of education all to yourself?
#edustarsdeservetheeyerollstheyget
I can neither confirm nor deny a book about this is in the works, and nor do I believe we should work for free, but this is the Teachers Pay Teachers of Twitter:
Hey PLN! I’ve got this super great way to *insert some over ambicous, totally unreal educational goal*. It’s SO easy to do that I’ve got my WHOLE staff doing it!! It’s just a great way to live your best life, find work-home balance, and doing something buzz word too! You want to know more?? Super!! My book titled, Super Exciting and Buzz Wordy Too! is only $49.95 + $12 s/h.
#toomuch?
Again, I don’t expect things to be given away, but if you’ve come across the big old X in the jungle where the treasure is, share a little with your fellow teacher pirates.
(Did you see what I did there?)
#craftylikethat
February 19, 2020 at 6:26 am
I say, “What? No Way!” Unless they have a class size of about 10! 🙂
February 19, 2020 at 8:56 am
Pretty much. It wasn’t something that teachers needed right now, nor the snarky comments flying back and forth!
February 20, 2020 at 5:21 am
I take minimum work home, but I am constantly on WordPress and Pinterest and TeachersPayTeachers looking for new ideas. To compensate for not bringing grading or planning home, I work through my preps and lunch every day, get to work 45 minutes before school starts, and stay late – maybe 2-3 hours – about 3-5 times per month. Not saying I’ve found the holy grail, but I work very hard to attempt some sort of balance in my life.
February 21, 2020 at 10:59 am
I agree. Balance is so hard, and if you have kids, it’s even more so. My balance is that I try to keep Saturdays as “school free” as possible. This started because my daughter swam in high school, and most swim meets were hours away. If we drove our daughter, this was a great connection time, and during the meet, another time to connect with other parents. I agree though, that balance just doesn’t ever seem to happen! 😦 Thanks for your input!
February 20, 2020 at 5:37 am
The only way I’m ever able to leave work at work is to stay at work longer. I finally made peace with it, since I really do prefer to keep my home and work life separate. One of my professional goals, however, is to limit that after school time. Focusing on that does seem to be working!
February 21, 2020 at 10:56 am
I’d love to say I can keep home and professional seperate, but I’d be lying. I try to keep Saturday as “school-free” as possible. I might check email, but otherwise, that time for my wife and I. I’m at school a little longer as well, but that never seems to help. Distracts abound out here!! 🙂
February 20, 2020 at 9:05 pm
Yes, let’s be solution-focused and sharing answers. No time nor need for blaming, shaming, or arguing!
February 21, 2020 at 10:55 am
Agreed! While it was “interesting” to see the snarky stuff go by, it did little to ease my own “how this help the profession” thoughts going through my head.