I SHOULD be, I COULD be...reading
Reading outside is an option year round! Although in these summer temps nearing 100 I find respite in the shade rather quickly. Years ago we won anti gravity chairs at the International and every year that we bought prizes for the event, we included them. They've come in handy with two balconies on which to read! During the Teaching Era of my life "free time" was rare and was really a misnomer. Teachers live in a constant state of "I should be, or could be, doing X" in regards to their job: I should be lesson planning to avoid the Sunday scaries. I could be addressing that stack of papers that needs grading. I should be sending home a parent email. I could be calling parents for that "positive check in." I should be doing a class to get credit for my next recert. I could be investing time to learn whatever the latest buzz in teacher tech is. I should be... I could be... My favourite podcasters wrote a book! The work at Crooke...