I forgot to have a good closure. Me, who knows of the importance of closure, forgot (me forgot? Whatever…).
image from: Organizational Systems 2, acrStudio.com
A group of kids didn’t come in on the last day and, of those who did, another group left after lunch. And a couple of them played a bit of a mean joke on me. But those who did stay were troupers – helping to move desks into the gym for the exam period, cleaning up the classroom, asking questions, displaying their concerns about next year.
And I forgot to design closure into my year. I started to think about it, with this final blog post, but when our school’s Internet service decided not to cooperate, I ditched the thought.
Rather than forgetting, I’m thinking I left out closure accidentally on purpose. I’m not entirely proud of this year. I definitely felt like I was treading water much of the year – reacting rather than planning and acting. With myself, my students, and the attendant who worked in my classroom with me. I don’t think I really wanted to hear what others felt about it.
So, here is my closure. A plan for the future. I never want to feel like this again. That much I learned this year.
Time is too precious to tread water for even a moment.
Tracy, who is feeling the echo of the clock in the rhythm of her veins
(‘who’ line borrowed from linkin park so I can howl with Jose, go check out his project by clicking on the link…)
I'm Tracy and I've been writing about teaching and learning at Leading From The Heart since February 2007. For more of my story, see
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