Crazy Woman Bandwagon

Let me preface everything I write by stating that I am at Chick-fil-a, on kid’s night, trying to make sure my children don’t tear up anything. So, if I fail to write in complete sentences, that would be a partial explanation. Another explanation would be that I am now working two jobs, doing a maternity leave sub job and teaching an education class at ABAC. So, apparently I have jumped on the bandwagon of being a super-overachiever mom. What is that all about?? I feel like I have to be the best mom, teacher, friend, woman, Christian, etc., and I am falling short on so many occasions. I am driving myself absolutely crazy trying to overachieve, and here I am in Chick-fil-a, among all the mom’s and kids, and what am I doing, overachieving by trying to make sure that I fulfill my obligations to BWP. I feel a breakdown coming soon!!

Let me think back to some bandwagons I have jumped on. One funny bandwagon that I jumped on was when I was in high school and some people were just learning about being “gothic.” I tried to start wearing all black and wearing lots of crosses and stuff. Seriously, do I really look goth?? I was such a poser, but I thought it was cool. I also jumped on the bandwagon when all my friends started smoking. I thought I had to do it in order to be cool. I tried it for a little while but never got anything out of it, so I decided it wasn’t worth it.

One bandwagon that I have jumped on that I love is the BWP bandwagon. I used some of the techniques at ABAC, but I am using MUCH more now. Today I started teaching plot to my 9th grade students. I used children’s literature to introduce this, and they loved it. Later this week, I will teach characterization using children’s literature and play-dough. Thanks BWP for giving me so many wonderful ideas. I told a teacher today that I can’t possibly ignore and not use the wonderful resources I learned about at BWP. So, I’m on the BWP bandwagon, and I love it. It makes me the best teacher I have ever been and I thank all of you for contributing to that. So, I’m signing off now to watch my children draw on the windows. It is the “activity” of the night.