First Week of School

      This post is a tribute to student teachers who have just finished your first full week of school.  Did you think you could be this tired?  Every semester at the end of student teaching, we bring our student teachers together for a time to debrief.  When we ask them what surprised them about student teaching, one comment that is always among the comments is, "I never knew I could be so tired."  Generally, they are referring to the first weeks.  They admit that they get into a rhythm and it gets better, but they are dragging by Friday of the first week.

                             

                                                 You might even say, they are dog-tired.  







     So to all you student teachers and even to the other teachers who have just opened the school year, I wish you a time to relax and refresh before Monday.  Most of you know that you will eventually get used to the grind, but these first days are tough.  You are my heroes.