the most tiring thing in the world about teaching is the constant nit-picking arguments that are instigated by students.
i feel exhausted from the amount of interaction i've had today that has been some sort of disagreement between how i'm asking my kids to do things and how they think they should be doing them.
i know the love & logic approach is really the best, but it's hard to maintain when i have a different 20-30 kids every 50 minutes.
and it doesn't help when the very staff i'm working with are the main distraction for my kids getting their work done! today we were in the library. the librarian has a custard company which is quite delightful, but every time i turned around they were putting in orders for custard instead of doing their art history!
i tell ya.
somedays it's just wearing.