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Teacher First, Student Second

Teaching and taking classes makes me realize what's important

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Teacher First, Student Second
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I am teaching full-time while taking two classes. This is so hard. I had like no time already and now I added two classes on top of that? Gosh. Like I know some people work full-time, take classes, and are parents or something along those lines and that is great! But I am struggling and I don't have kids.

Trying to find the time and energy to write articles and edit them every week, spend 5 days of the week with 2 year olds, and then do homework? It's hard! I don't want to read, then write a summary of what I read. Can't you just make me write a paper? Like I'd be good with that. I have no problem writing but when I have to read, write a summary of what I read, then write a reflection about it. Like come on, don't give you and me busy work. You don't want to read my interpretation of this book and I don't want to write it.

To be honest, I am so much more focused on work.This is my career.

I can't stay up until 2 am doing homework and get up and go to my 8 am class like I used to. I can hardly get up at 6:30 after going to bed at 10. But then again, with classes I'm not doing as much work as working with kids. Working kicks your ass, classes can be boring, or actually helpful with no in between.

Well I guess I better do my homework because we both know, you're not going to budge on getting rid of it.

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