I had a bit of a disaster this week...
I was excited about my new idea for a music video project with my 3rd years, so I started cleaning up space on my Macbooks HD and i'm normally quite good at knowing exactly where and what file size everything is on my computer... anyway to cut a complex explanation clear I ended up deleting a folder which I though I had elsewhere... that folder was my teaching folder, and of course it turned out not to be backed up 'elsewhere'...
So this was about 10:30pm and I had just deleted all the lessons I was supposed to be teaching the following day, and also for the next two weeks!
Needless to say, I had a pretty stressful week making last minute lessons to cover my time as well as re-making the lessons I had lost (I originally spent 2 weeks making an awesome lesson on music genres...boo)
During this time I had to also make exam questions for the students and check the other teachers exam questions, design wedding invitations, prepare marriage documents, help lead our new home group, and of course teach my students.
I'm still playing catch up a bit now, but the storm has settled somewhat.
The big lesson learnt was to put my trust in God. Not to rely on my computer and my own well formed plans, because when they fail I can choose to let it get to me and make a big deal of it, or I can find that when I look at what is truly important everything else seems to fade in comparison. Why spend time worrying about lesson plans when heaven is breaking into earth and all things are being made new?
I was excited about my new idea for a music video project with my 3rd years, so I started cleaning up space on my Macbooks HD and i'm normally quite good at knowing exactly where and what file size everything is on my computer... anyway to cut a complex explanation clear I ended up deleting a folder which I though I had elsewhere... that folder was my teaching folder, and of course it turned out not to be backed up 'elsewhere'...
So this was about 10:30pm and I had just deleted all the lessons I was supposed to be teaching the following day, and also for the next two weeks!
Needless to say, I had a pretty stressful week making last minute lessons to cover my time as well as re-making the lessons I had lost (I originally spent 2 weeks making an awesome lesson on music genres...boo)
During this time I had to also make exam questions for the students and check the other teachers exam questions, design wedding invitations, prepare marriage documents, help lead our new home group, and of course teach my students.
I'm still playing catch up a bit now, but the storm has settled somewhat.
The big lesson learnt was to put my trust in God. Not to rely on my computer and my own well formed plans, because when they fail I can choose to let it get to me and make a big deal of it, or I can find that when I look at what is truly important everything else seems to fade in comparison. Why spend time worrying about lesson plans when heaven is breaking into earth and all things are being made new?
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