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Off to a poor start

I’m procrastinating already. I have an assignment due today for my Pro-Cert class and haven’t finished them. Or at least, haven’t finished two of them. This would be an example of poor planning and procrastination. I had three days this week with no kids and I did not work on the assignments. In fact, I completely forgot about them.


Or could it be that I haven’t really thought about those Professional Growth plans I wrote several years ago since I wrote them and consequently have nothing to write now? Could be. Or it could be that I keep trying to be the ‘perfect’ teacher and accomplish multiple goals at the same time, rather than finding some sort of theme and organizing goals within that theme. Or that I work for a schizophrenic district which constantly has some new thing we need to do, without bothering to explain how it all fits together… and so I’m being pulled in multiple directions at once, while taking on an expanded family. Could be.

I’ll be honest, it’s all of the above. I haven’t thought about the goals since I wrote them because I have so many other things on my plate. Which shouldn’t be problem if I was creative academic writer or a better teacher, but apparently, I’m not.

Nap time. I’m doing it and doing it then. Meanwhile, I’ll be percolating ideas in the back of my head while chasing down a potty trainer.

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