Do you ever have nightmares? They hit me every once in awhile. I don’t know why. Maybe it is bad pizza. My nightmares seem to have a common theme over the last few years. I find myself back in the classroom.
There are certain things that present themselves in various scenarios. I never have a role book. I never have any way to know the students names. Usually there are no doors and often no walls. I can’t find my keys.
There are times when the students keep changing. In some the principal will come walking in and start making demands. I have suddenly realized that I vomited all over my clothes and I have a clean set in the car but I can’t remember where the car is. And then I can’t remember where my room is. I remember one time when all of the usual were in place and outside the room with no walls the rest of the school was on lunch break or something.
Sometimes I come out of it when I remember that I am retired and so this doesn’t make sense. Sometimes I just wake up. One of the great things about these nightmares is that in real life it is over.
Maybe this is payback for the way I laugh every time I drive by a school that is in session.
homo unius libri
Before I read this, I was sitting here thinking about the current uselessness of schools.
ReplyDeleteIt is sad when reality and nightmares are the same.
DeleteGrace and peace