tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12499392.post140669935689633621..comments2023-08-21T03:58:58.417-04:00Comments on The Continued Journey: Burn Outmorningstarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01500052225655763353noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12499392.post-2399770016052960772020-04-09T07:00:04.498-04:002020-04-09T07:00:04.498-04:00I echo the others - be good to yourself. Some gran...I echo the others - be good to yourself. Some grandparents are having to care for and home-school their little ones, and an article in yesterday's Globe and Mail addressed exactly this issue. These are exceptional times. Just do your best.<br /><br />As a side note, I wouldn't have thought that French would be a challenge since you were from Montreal. I left Quebec many years ago, when I Hermionehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15395671806340391253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12499392.post-19191594242479624662020-04-09T06:26:48.558-04:002020-04-09T06:26:48.558-04:00one of my grandmothers was a schoolteacher. When I...one of my grandmothers was a schoolteacher. When I was small (6-9?) I used to go stay with them for a couple weeks during the summer holidays - gave my parents a break from me, I guess - but I looked forward to it every year. Gran, being a teacher, set me homework. We'd go out to a stately home for the day, and made me write about it that evening or the following day. I hated that (and the kethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12499392.post-17023979541012915482020-04-08T18:59:18.050-04:002020-04-08T18:59:18.050-04:00I too am with the others Morningstar, be kind to y...I too am with the others Morningstar, be kind to yourself. You are doing such an amazing job with the lil one and she loves you being her teacher and is she says she is learning more, and getting it better at home what could be better?<br /><br />School holidays were meant to start here just after Easter but were brought forward to co-incide with the beginning of our lockdown. School now starts Rozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14326826956049047973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12499392.post-50797055154514631992020-04-08T16:23:44.857-04:002020-04-08T16:23:44.857-04:00I'm with the others ladies, MS, you have to be...I'm with the others ladies, MS, you have to be so kind to yourself. Enjoy the lil' one because this is a blessing to have this time with her. Schooling is way more than books and assignments. It's the enjoyment of learning something new together. Remember that she loves having you as her teacher! That's awesome. So many, too many, families are not doing anything to use this Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16654399899358402634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12499392.post-65454059921831677062020-04-08T14:52:16.248-04:002020-04-08T14:52:16.248-04:00This made me think of when I would be out and had ...This made me think of when I would be out and had to get a sub. I left lots of work, because I wanted the kids busy and not bugging the sub. But I would always leave the sub a note saying I didn't care if they did any of the assignments as long as she kept them from running and screaming in the hallway. My daughter tells me they are required to give assignment since teachers are still being PKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02050453501744475319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12499392.post-69930212482239011312020-04-08T10:07:58.701-04:002020-04-08T10:07:58.701-04:00I no longer have little ones at home but I keep se...I no longer have little ones at home but I keep seeing posts exactly like yours and I wonder what on earth these educators are thinking (having been one myself)!<br /><br />This should be a time for enriching and making education fun. This should be a time to distract the little ones from the reality they are in and create a loving, safe, new reality for them. This should be a time for reading Deenanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12499392.post-1595134567257132362020-04-08T09:55:14.721-04:002020-04-08T09:55:14.721-04:00I think we are all hitting that point of burnout, ...I think we are all hitting that point of burnout, even those of us self described "introverts." It sounds blissful, being ordered to stay inside, but in reality, what it did was take away the ability to boot out to the store for a quick minute whenever we wanted. Where we still had interactions with people in a limited way that we chose. <br /><br />And home schooling? Little ones?Boosghost2https://www.blogger.com/profile/17561751126690661268noreply@blogger.com