Today is Saturday, but last Monday was a really tough day at school. I think I spent too much time over the long weekend looking forward to having two months in the US and not having to spend so much time marking papers and doing other teacher stuff.
As a result, Monday's classes did not go well, I hate to admit it, but there were moments that could only be described as chaotic! At one point I mentally stood back and asked myself, "How did this happen?!?"
At the end of the day I shared my struggles with the high school principal and asked for his prayers. He gave me some good, practical advice and assured me that he would pray for me. At home that night I had more time to reflect and pray. Thankfully, the rest of the week went much better and felt I regained focus. In some ways it had been a case of "teacher-itus", which I am thankful hit me like a 24 -hour bug and has not returned.
I am still looking forward to travelling to the US in only three weeks, but in the meantime we have two weeks of classes, exams, marking to finish, several end-of-the-year events, grades to enter, graduation and then a couple of days to pack. I guess chaos is still a word that describes the next weeks, but the anxiety that had started to crowd in seems to have passed. Please keep me in your prayers, not only me, but my students and the rest of the staff too.
At a school like Hillcrest the end of the year means saying a lot of good byes and it can be tough knowing that some may never even return to Nigeria and many will be scattered around the world in a matter of days. At least there is Facebook and emails to connect!
Dorthea
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