I think I was right about Mrs. Candidate. She’s settled into a colorful teaching persona which I can easily believe has become familiar and successful at her current school. A lot of her teaching demo focused on establishing that persona. She is smart and literary, no question, but the teaching wasn’t persuasive. I think we’ll keep looking.
Spring break starts at the end of Friday. I have that somewhat anxious feeling I get when break is imminent–wait! I still have school stuff to take care of! I’m not ready for break!–even though I have been longing for the break. My desk is a mess and I have grading and planning to do–plus I have more candidates to review and people to bring to campus when we get back.
I’m also thinking of going to a teacher retreat put on by our state independent school association. It would take me out of school for a couple of days after spring break, in a week when I’d already planned to take a personal day–I don’t think I’ve ever missed more than two days in a week, and that very rarely. It would be easy for the inconvenience and the sense of responsibility to keep me from going. But then I think about how I would feel about it a year from now, and I think I’d look back and say that was a complicated week to plan for, but I’d be glad I went. I need to talk to Ivanhoe (that’s my new pseudonym for the Upper School head) on Friday about that.
Literature Should Mean Something in Your Life 