A song.

In the building I teach in, you can feel that this should have really been the last week of school. If it hadn't been for our days off due to ice and lack of electricity in our district, this Thursday would have been the last day of school. And, you can feel the lack of attention and effort on behalf of the students in our building. I heard three different teachers absolutely frustrated with their students because they CAN'T SHUT UP to save their lives.

I have to say, I was frustrated today too.

I had one student who won't sit still long enough to write a sentence. He came up about every 30 seconds to tell me something. I finally had to say, "Sit down and work, please." It worked...for about 30 seconds. :-)
I had another student who kept saying, "Tell him to quit looking at me!"
I had another student who had to give me a play-by-play of his work.

I just stood there this morning.

The weirdest part is that I will REALLY miss my fifth graders. I have been blessed with a wonderful group of fifth graders this year. They have each touched me in their own way. So even as my character is built these past few days, I keep telling myself that I need to enjoy this because I will truly miss these kids.

So, this morning I stood there, and said to myself, "God, I need something..."

After the kids left for lunch, I just sat for a moment.

And a song came to my mind that has sort of become my favorite song lately.

The kicker of it was the fact I didn't know who sang it or what CD it was on.

So, during my lunch break, I hopped on itunes and found it.

I listened to it.

And I felt better.

Who would've guessed?

It wasn't anything huge.

Just a little song that changed my frustration into peace.

Go figure.