Love and Logic

School today was interesting. My kids were good(mostly) and I didn't lose my cool until 7th period. I had two big problems with today--but they are resolved now and so I'm not going to let them bother me.

We're having an in-service about Love and Logic today after school. I like it, and it's good for a reminder, but I feel drained. I like that I am being reminded about empathy and teaching responsibility. But at the same time I am feeling worried that the timing of this in-service that they (the administration) are telling us that we suck as teachers. We need to not lose our cools with the kids. The selfish parts of me, the proud part, doesn't want to change and hear it nine days before the school year is over. I feel like I'm in survival mode. I don't feel like the kids
deserve my empathy because they have drained me for the whole year. I feel like the kids need to be nice to me. But that's just me. I'll encourage my students and help them through the year.