Why am I tired at the end of testing day? You ask...Well...Let me tell you why....

When people ask me why I am tired at the end of tesitng day I say this...

Teaching students is like raising your own children. You teach them what they need to know to be successful, help them hone their problem solving skills, and build their confidence. (Just like we do with our own children). But then, it's time to let them go out on their own...Students take STAAR and my own personal children will someday go off to college. They will encounter problems that stump them, stumble, struggle, and lose confidence in themselves. The MAJOR differnece is this...if it's my own personal children, I can counsel them and/or be a sounding board. With my students I CAN'T HELP THEM AT ALL. No words of reassurance, now pats on the back, no thumbs up, no sounding board, no nothing. I have to trust that they will be okay, which they are. But it can sometimes be difficult. I have eighteen years to get ready with my own children. But only nine months with my students.

I wouldn't change anything about my job. I love it, and I love watching my kiddos grow every year...personal children and students.




That is why I am tired at the end of testing day.