A Canadian in America...

Faking It

So, as it turns out, apparently I've seemed unhappy lately....so, I've learned how to 'Fake It'. Put on a happy front, and hope for the best. Yes, I have been unhappy lately. Since my co-teacher left, I have had almost zero help from anybody, and this is what I told my supervisor. I have had to do ALL the sanitation/cleaning of my room, all the documentation (which, amazingly, I got three new ones up onto my wall...for those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, they're basically displays on my wall of my kids' projects etc), all my daily sheets, all the laundry, basically ALL of everything, and on days when I have one teacher with me in the morning, another after we come in from outside, and then another new one after nap (this happens when people get juggled around for coverage) I also usually end up doing ALL the diapers, which means in and around 50 diapers changed per day. But that's partly my fault because I feel bad asking somebody who just came into my room to change diapers, and I don't REALLY mind that much anyway. It's just been bad. And then throw in the factor that I'm EXTREMELY homesick and I feel like I have no friends.....yeah, one could say that I'm unhappy.....but putting on a happy (if not fake) front seems to help. So, I recommend it. Fake it, and it might just work.....

On the plus side, my new co-teacher starts in my room tomorrow. Unfortunately, it might turn out that we don't need four teachers in our unit all the time, and one of us might be sent elsewhere to help out. Sigh. I love my life.....

posted by Jo @ Tuesday, March 14, 2006