Responsibility

For May, I was led to responsibility.

To be responsible means having an obligation to do something, or having control over or care for someone, as part of one's job or role.

To me at first, this really means not slacking off these last 4 weeks of work. Continuing to be 100% present for my students, with work for them, fair assessments to see their growth over the year, and engaging lessons and activities every day. I want to finish my job at RBN as a solid teacher, coach and mentor. So I am dedicating May to doing just that, despite how stressful it has become.

Had a very interesting conversation with my kids today about the killing of bin Laden. At first they thought that he should have just been put in jail for life. Then they changed their minds and decided he should have been blown up. Then later in the lesson, one of my students used our new prefix SUPER- and named bin Laden a supervillain. :) I thought that was cool.


I am also going to own up to my responsibilities to others in my life-

Taking a much needed trip back to Grayslake/Chicago to reconnect with IL friends and my parents. It's been the longest I've been away from home in a while. Learning how to be responsible for being a caring and thoughtful daughter, is something I want to dedicate some energy to, while I am there, in person.

And finally taking responsibility for myself; keeping up with my running habits, reading habits and having fun habits.
Celebrating and caring for all the people in my life who are making big, new steps- whether that be getting married, having a baby, moving to Thailand, moving to South Carolina, getting a new job, finishing their 1st or 2nd year of teaching, finishing grad school, or maybe even just 'continuating' from the 8th grade. I am full of pride and love.

"If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else."