I know I definitely need my weekend days to recharge. I take time in my room, or at my house, or around the greater Pacific Northwest area to recharge my batteries. If I was around 30 kids for 10 hours a day, seven days a week I would never be able to have enough energy to be able to give them the attention, patience and love they deserve. I was driving home today after an afternoon out and about, thinking about how relaxed I am, how nice it was to have yesterday afternoon curled in bed napping and reading.
And then, one of my kids' voices popped into my head. Even though so many kids this week at work had meltdowns and were just generally grumpy about being there, I actually had a good number of students tell me they wished homework club was on Fridays and "maybe even one of the weekend days, too." It makes me wonder about what it is at home that they don't necessarily want to be around for a weekend. Is it worse than "being tortured" by us asking them to do their homework and follow the keep-your-hands-to-yourself rules at Homework Club? My hope is that they may simply be bored at home and may not have much stimulation or support from their parents/guardians. Not having those things is bad, but it's better than some of the other scenarios that I try to push from mind.
With each frustrating day that I spend with those kids I know it's just going to get harder to leave this place.
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