I taught the math lesson so abominably that the vice principal (who was observing at the back of the classroom) took over my lesson. How do you recover after a terrible day at work?

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Oof, I’ve been there. Try to remember to give yourself grace. You’re human and will make mistakes and have bad lessons. But a bad lesson doesn’t mean you’re a bad teacher. Take some time to do something for you and then get some sleep. A fresh and well rested start is sometimes the best thing I can do for those days. Hang in there 😊

It’s ok. I tried to check on a suicidal student over winter break via some random app he found me on (I barely used it so I didn’t think much of it) and got a letter in my file.

He added me, I sent the message (I know, “dumbass”)

Was it a formal observation or where they just watching?

It happens. I’ve given up in the middle of my own lessons too many times

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