Greetings March

Dear March,

I'm happy to see you are here. I'm happy I still have a job. I'm happy I've survived teaching in New York City, specifically the Bronx, for 6 months. Wow! 6 months! I'm happy that in 4 months I'll be able to say I conquered a year of teaching in NYC... something beyond challenging.

I'm happy that I'm starting to feel less stressed out about everything. I'm happy I'm realizing just how much I love my students (even if it took me 6 months to really start admitting it to myself... everything else has been blinding me from it... or something?)

I'm happy that testing for math is this week... because I'm ready to have it over with. I'm happy that I've taught all the math standards for my grade... even though I know some of the students have not mastered them to the point of being fully successful. I'm sure they will make improvements to where they stood last year... and with what I've been given to work with, any types of improvements would make me extremely happy!

I'm happy that there are 5 and a half weeks until Spring Break (of course I'm counting!) I'm happy that I will be taking a field trip with my students between now and Spring Break AND that I have professional development day planned before Spring Break!

So March, even if you have Math testing, Parent Teacher Conferences, and not a day of break... Welcome. I'm greeting you with a smile! Please do your best to keep me happy throughout the month!

My best thoughts,
Teacher