Stupid vent-i don't want to work from home

I totally agree! I do Hangouts with my kids but it’s not the same. My students are either all in or not engaged. Online is not working. I really dislike it!!

I hear you.
I want to listen to them tell me what’s going on in their lives
I want to watch them during passing time and see who’s flirting with whom.

I want to see them through to the end of the year in person.

I retire when this school year is over. Never ever thought my last year would be like this.

I feel you. It is really hard not to be with the kids. I love seeing their videos (my students are the opposite end of the spectrum fro yours) but at the same time they make me sad, I don’t have many funny stories to tell my husband at the end of the day, I miss their hugs and silly sayings, I miss their squabbles over why soandso has 10 square magnatiles while they only have 8. I miss their amazing artistic creations , I miss seeing their faces light up with pride over their projects, I miss their crazy outfits (4 year olds have the best fashion sense) I miss their rapt faces as I read a story, I miss singing silly songs with them.

I am really worried that our year is over and that I won’t get to say good bye to all the former Pre-K kids who are now in 5th grade and getting ready for middle school. Every year they have a farewell parade through the school and it is bittersweet to see those faces I have seen grow up go by. Many of them come to before and after school so I am lucky to keep a connection and relationship with them. There are a few that really bonded with me that are leaving this year and I am really bummed that I won’t see them again, unless they do come back and work with me in 5 or 6 years like they promised!

Today and yesterday have been especially hard for me, I think the reality has set in and I really miss school.

Our art teacher is also retiring at the end of this year. She's really sad about ending it this way.

100% cosign.

I miss my staff. I miss our students.

I want to have to get up at 5AM so I can get to work early enough to do email before the onslaught. 

I want to roll my eyes in meetings that could have been emails that really ARE mostly emails now. (Yeah, yeah, they still could've been, but at least I'd have somewhere to be.)

I want to walk through the teacher office and chat with folks about projects and ideas and just...life. 

I want to go to a dumbass pep rally that I resent for all the work and time it takes to make happen but also kind of enjoy.

I want to see my 2 student aides, and the kid who always comes in from study hall for candy because he knows I've got that good good in my office. 

I want to spend late hours at school at play rehearsal and come home dog-ass tired and cranky, but knowing we'll be putting on a great show.

I want to host our theatre banquet where we announce next year's season, and see all the parents and kids and celebrate a great year. 

I, too, want to chaperone prom and laugh about how awkward it all is, and complain about wearing heels.

I want to walk proudly at commencement with our graduates. I want to see their joy when they throw their caps in the air and cheer (and in their heads think "fuck high school!" because that's part of it, too.)

I am so fucking sad.


I am with you.

I’m sorry.

All I’ve got is this

I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.



Hang in there everyone.

I am not mentally doing well with no being a classroom teacher any longer.

I feel cheated out of a proper goodbye. We did not know when we left on Thursday that we would not be coming back.

I feel cheated out of time with my kiddos.

I feel like they are being cheated out of all the 5th grade special activities.

I won’t see this kiddos again. They will be at the middle school next year.

I miss my purpose. I miss the hugs, the laughs, and the inside jokes. I just miss them so much.

There are kiddos who I know are not in a good place, not being taken care of, and I haven’t talked to some since we left. It hurts.

You all are validated. This whole mess is so very hard.

It will end. Hang in there.

My "kids" are adults, but I feel the same. Because the wifi at my house is unreliable, I have "essential worker" permission to go into our university building and teach from there (I am the only person in the building), and as silly as it is, I feel 1000% more normal doing a Zoom class from my office than I did from my living room at home. But it's not the same, still, at all.

God, I miss my classroom, too! Even my little stinkers who drive me batty each day. I miss it all.

I miss my first period sweeties who are still half asleep but working their butts of in a very fast paced, rigorous class and kicking butt and taking names. They're my "raison d'être" to get my day off to the best start possible. They're wonderful.

I miss my second period class that gifts me with bubble wrap because they know how much I LOVE to pop the bubbles and that it relaxes me when I'm stressed or anxious.

I miss the constant off-task chatter of Period 5; especiall of "F" and anyone who'll engage with him and my constant moving him to a different location. And then it starting all.over.again.

I miss my Period 6 that has every special need ever all rolled into one class. It's like counseling decided it was a great idea to toss 'em all into my largest class near the end of the day to see what would happen. It's a tough class, but such sparks of awesomeness in there. Such funny, bright, great kids working hard and doing their best.

I miss my Period 7; my kids have "looped" together now for the second year and are such great friends and great supports for each other. They're like a small little family and they behave like one in all ways. It's so interesting and fun to watch in action.

I'm going to miss the 8th grade promotion and awards ceremony this year. I won't get to say good-bye to my 8th graders and wish them well in their new adventures in high school.

My heart breaks for all of us.

Well I was going go say I LOVE working from home. But I am not a teacher, and I get what you are saying. Current events suck for a lot of reasons. I wish it was just a nightmare that I could wake up from.

My 6 year old who used to love school said last week that he doesn’t like schooling at home because all of the fun activities been taken away and it’s just work now. He loves the social aspect of school and is really struggling. We’ve been home for 30 days now.