Friday, September 18, 2009

Good Intentions!

My intentions were good, I have everything planned out on what and when and how we would begin and then wham!... We arrived back at school to find our new schedule had major problems. The first 3 weeks of school has been a constant stream of schedule changes for many students so we (coteacher Angie Leef) didn't want to begin Globaloria until we had our class roster set in stone.
It really worked out ok though since we also needed to create two 3 minute videos for another school grant proposal. It will tie in well though with some of our Globaloria projects since the grant proposal concerns environmental components and I know that some of our students will be leaning toward games that are about the environment.
It all works out doesn't it?
And maybe that is the thought that we (I) need to keep in mind. That if we keep a positive attitude and the thought that 'it will all work out', things usually do work out. I can remember my mother and I talking about the fact (and this is a fact!) if you start out the day thinking that it is going to be a bad day; things go wrong in the morning and we get the mind set that everything else is going to be bad... then YOU WILL HAVE A BAD DAY! Whereas, if you decide that you aren't let things get to you, your day will usually improve. If my students would keep that thought in mind I think they would enjoy their days more. I'm certainly not saying that they have to verbalize it to me or to others but just keep that positive thought that 'things will usually work out' in their own minds, then things will go better.
SO I close this post with the thought - What can you do to make your day go better?

1 comment:

Rachel said...

Vicky,
Thanks for this post! It's SO true that we get back what we put out into the world. Even if you're just hitting your stride, your classroom blogosphere is looking really great! I've been reading your students' blogs and I'm very impressed! Keep up the great work.
-Rachel