Tomorrow is the first day of school for my students and I’m getting nervous.  As usual, this is going to be my 5th year of teaching and every year, the night before school starts, I have the same feelings: I get worried about how I’m going to fill up the day, stressed about what the students and their parents are going to be like, and just generally panicked.  I never sleep well the night before the first day of school and considering how much sleep I need, that’s not good.

It’ll be okay, it always is (or usually is, anyway).  Right now I just feel so unprepared for what’s going to happen tomorrow.   Plus, since I’m going with kindergarten again this year, there’s always the problem of kids who have a hard time parting with parents… and parents who have a hard time parting with their kids.

Procedures.  That’s what I have to focus on, that’s what the first week or two of school really is: teaching procedures.  How to line up, how to put their things away, how to walk in a line, how to ask to use the restroom… it’s pretty much like training them and, if I do it right, there will be order and things will go smoothly for the rest of the year.  If I do it wrong, however, the rest of the year will be one giant headache.

*deep breath*  Positive, happy thoughts.  Things will go well.  New year, new school, fresh start.  Here’s hoping the kids don’t run me ragged tomorrow!

Related posts:

1. What a difference… I’ve spent a lot of time noticing the differences between...
2. Changes in the air… I can’t put my finger on what happened, or when...
3. Day 1, down. 179 days to go I could be wrong, there might be less than 180...
4. Is it June yet? I always forget how draining teaching can be, especially the...
5. More randomness… I read an article the other day that said that...

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.