Reflections on my first 3 days

I There was this weird calmness in starting school this year. The internet wasn't working, I couldn't print from my classroom and the only technology I had was an overhead projector. Which I refused to be one of those teachers. Yet I knew that things would work out okay, somehow. 

Maybe it has something to do with the fact that there is a family feel. Parents are asked to volunteer in classrooms, students have known each other since they were young.  The amount of welcoming I have gotten has been beyond anything else in all my years of teaching. It isn't about competition. It isn't about who is right and wrong. It is about what is best for the students. It us about praying for each other and allowing others to lift you up.

Teaching  science is one of my favorite things to do. First of all there is so much involved in science it is amazing. Second I love teaching about God's Creation.

So this week I didn't spend as much time on expectations as I might in another place. I spent more time on relationships and bonding with each other. Perhaps this year I truly can make teaching about experiences. That's my goal anyways.