It’s the second to last day of school for me… and I still have things I am hoping to do. I guess I am suffering a bit from the couldda, wouldda, shouldda syndrome.
Every school year is like that I think, but this year, there are a more “wish I would have gotten a chance to do that” thoughts in my air.
Oh, what we couldda, wouldda, shouldda.
A part of it comes from technology. With so many more tools at our disposal, there are so many new ways for students to demonstrate their learning and really dive deeply into new frontiers of learning.
Oh, what we couldda, wouldda, shouldda.
On the other hand, there are a ton of great books we did not get to read. That’s always an issue for me (not reading enough). We read all the time and yet, there is so much more I really hoped to tackle.
Oh, what we couldda, wouldda, shouldda.
My students wrote, too. Wrote and wrote and wrote. And yet, did they write enough? One more high quality piece really might have been the icing on the classroom cake.
Oh, what we couldda, wouldda, shouldda.
Did I do enough prep for the bubble tests? Did I make sure to administer enough preparatory bubbles so that when the real bubbles came,my students had pre-bubbled enough so that they were ready to really rock the meaningful bubbles.
Oh, what we couldda, wouldda, shouldda.
NOT!
As a professional, these questions also eat at me a bit. Was I generous enough with my peers? Giving enough to my school? Did I reach out enough to the parents?
Oh, what I couldda, wouldda, shouldda.
Looking back, I did a heck of a lot this year. And yet, much like most coaches will reflect upon their seasons and often remember the losses much more than the victories, so too do I see more of the couldda, wouldda, shoulddas than the “signed, sealed and delivered” aspects.
Is it just the nature of this time of year to realize, “Oh, what more there might have been?”