I don't want to be a downer, but I'm down

[ringsandcoffee]

I'm in denial, sort of. More like procrastination mode. I need to start my school work for the week. Planning, and then grading stuff that I've been putting off for weeks. I need to calculate midterm grades and start calling parents of students who don't do homework.

I keep having deja vu...it's starting to freak me out.

I don't see a lot of positives in my classes. I see so much struggling and helplessness that it makes me wonder if I am making any difference at all. I'm supposed to help these struggling students succeed, but many of them are not. I don't know why. Am I still assigning work above their level? Are they just not going to do anything I assign? Am I not presenting well? Do they not understand because of language barriers? What about the ones who get directions translated but still do NOTHING?

I'm at a loss. Again.

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I may not know the impact until later. They may not know the impact until way later. I could just use some more immediate feedback that they're actually learning.