So begins another school term

Ahh, term three...that period of time where we farewell the winter and delight in the coming of spring. A time where we hope that our year 12 students have been in hibernation, studying for the trial HSC examinations and will come to flourish in about four weeks time. Hmm... term three, students realise it is the beginning of the downhill slope for the rest of the year. They only have one more academic report to recieve...so one more chance at self improvement before the end of the year... one more semester to develop an intrinsic motivation for practising essay writing and for keeping a journal.

Term three offers me many challenges, but also much hope. It will most certainly be the business end of the year for me, so to speak. I have three year 12 classes and will need to give these students as much energy and time as I can possibly expend. I imagine that I will forever carry the bag of marking around with me. I hope that this term will be productive and fruitful. I feel that I have accomplished more this year than last year. I feel a lot better about my role and my ability to meet the needs of my students and staff. There is no formal debating competition this term (though I have two social debates organised) and so hopefully I will have an opportunity to do what I love most. Programming, designing and redesigning teaching and learning programs. That is my real passion. I love programming. I love sitting there with the syllabus and with a text and creating possibilities to enhance the deep understanding of my students.

My hope that as term three commences, I am filled with enough energy to achieve these goals... Did I mention that we had 11 hours of parent teacher interviews today? So begins another term!