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stevenpiziks) wrote2018-04-05 09:47 am
stevenpiziks) wrote2018-04-05 09:47 am
Break!
Spring break started last Friday. Oh, how we needed this. Between mid-February and all of March, we had no breaks at all. You may say to yourself, "Well, =I= don't get a break during that time, and I don't get a spring break, either." This may be true, but we're a school, and kids aren't adults. They need more breaks and more down time than adults. And when it's been a long time since even a three-day weekend, you can feel it. A steady tension builds. The number of discipline referrals goes up. The number of missing assignments goes up. It's harder to hold students' attention and keep them on task. The winter doldrums make it even worse. This creates added tension and stress for the adults.
So it was greeted with great relief when spring break finally arrived.
We haven't done much, ourselves. Darwin is in the middle of budget season at work, so he's extra busy and we can never take a trip. I've been just resting a lot, really--puttering around the house, doing some extra cleaning, playing Corey more.
When we get back, we head into the downhill part of the year, which is another battle. My seniors (and I have three sections of them) always figure the year ends at spring break. A lot of them take trips to somewhere summery, and when they get back, they want the year to be over. We also have a number of activities that disrupt the usual schedule--state testing, AP tests, senior meetings and assemblies, and so on.
Off we go!
So it was greeted with great relief when spring break finally arrived.
We haven't done much, ourselves. Darwin is in the middle of budget season at work, so he's extra busy and we can never take a trip. I've been just resting a lot, really--puttering around the house, doing some extra cleaning, playing Corey more.
When we get back, we head into the downhill part of the year, which is another battle. My seniors (and I have three sections of them) always figure the year ends at spring break. A lot of them take trips to somewhere summery, and when they get back, they want the year to be over. We also have a number of activities that disrupt the usual schedule--state testing, AP tests, senior meetings and assemblies, and so on.
Off we go!