So this was UNPLANNED.... I learned how to create a website with Weebly. Yes it was part of an assignment. In this year a very few things are not.
In any case, I thought I could do this the normal way, PowerPoint or something that I already know how to use (use a blog - you have everything you need on there....) no, not this time.
So I set myself to the task and "googled it". Well it was much easier than I thought and I had too much fun doing it. Too much, yes, too much, because I have 3 other, no make that 4 other assignments due next week and I am spending way to much time finding the right pictures and placing them just so....that everything looks A1. Don't look now but give us a few more days and then I will post a link to the site. NOT bad ek se, not bad at all.
Something else I did not plan on or anticipate was the fact that I had to write my personal vision as a teacher in an assignment (due of course next week). Well a personal vision is not something I have in my back pocket, and not something I develop in a week. Don't get me wrong, I am not without vision, but due to the nature of this year vision has been well, very much in a state of flux.
And vision was also very much replaced by a to do list. Keeping up with assignments and responsibilities.
I need at least a week in a cabin in the wilderness, the Fynbos around me, a lot of quiet, the sandstone rocks and sand under my feet, and the sea on the horizon to develop a good vision.
Something that will keep me focused during my first years as a teacher. That will inspire not just myself, but also my students and colleagues. Something that, without having to state it, will show parents that I mean business when it comes to their children's education. That is what I expect of a vision. A statement that will keep expecting from me to produce my best; not to give up and to get up when I get knocked down. I few words that reminds me to keep an attitude of gratitude, a smile on my dial and a prayer in my heart.
To be the best version of me that I can possibly be. To care, to dare, to share.
To pray, play and pay my dues. To dance, take a chance and to advance. To be, to become and to believe.
