Burned Out

Its official, the third quarter is long and has taken a toll on me. I am pretty burned out from the whole quarter without a break. Not to mention the beginning of MEDO classes and trying to get started on exhibits. I truly think that next year will be much easier. At least I hope so. I feel that I am putting a lot of hours into this semester and its wearing me out. Comparing this semester to last semester I feel I am spending more time on the students and what they need. I recall giving the lesson last semester and then sitting at my desk getting work done and trying to stay caught up.

This semester I am giving the lesson and then answering questions and walking around making sure the students understand the concepts. This is good and I think it is improving the students attitude as well as my teaching skills, but it is definitely taking time away from preparing for classes and getting things completed. I have been in the last few weekends to get caught up on stuff for classes. Not that I enjoy going in on the weekends, but I don't have much choice. I have to do that to keep up with everything. Hopefully that will change soon. We have a long weekend coming up in early April and then I get a week off to come home. After that its just another month and then the year is over.

We do have the other half of our Thai cultural workshop this Saturday. I will write more about that later and send a copy of the report that I have to complete for that.

I've always been told the first few years are the hardest and most difficult for teachers. Hopefully that is the case and things will become easier as my career goes on.

Aaron