Today I made good food. I cleaned my whole house. It smells good. I lit candles. It poured all day. I went through some stuff Rob gave me. I didn't work much.

Rob coached me for around 2 hours on Friday afternoon. Basically I'm giving up on 6th period and working on making myself better as a teacher and he's going to help me. It's a long story but he really helped me with a lot of things. Now to disconnect from Gov too.

Reflection: A while ago Camille told me that I need to not let my mood be dictated by my students. I should do what I need to do and realize that what I'm doing is good. I shouldn't let my students' compliments bring me too high and I shouldn't let their criticism bring me too low. No matter what, I shouldn't let them dictate my attitude. That is good advice. So far I'm not so good at following it. I should be looking forward to tomorrow but I have a tough road to tote this week. I introduced a project idea to Gov last week and they're mad. They seriously thought we were going to do nothing until school ends. Anyway, I don't feel like getting into it but suffice it to say that they're not thrilled with me anymore for a few reasons and it makes me feel bad. But, I'm going to keep a positive attitude. No matter what, I love them and I want to do what is best for our class and whether they appreciate it or not, this is what is best and I think they will begin to understand. Plus, I need to learn that I'm not going to be loved by everyone or be loved all the time. I can't let that keep me from doing the best job I can. In the end, they may be upset with me but they're not going to just shrug off a whole year.

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