Tomorrow

Tomorrow, what you do may not be enough.
Tomorrow, you may have to set all else aside.
Tomorrow, you may have to listen to what your students need.
Not what you THINK they need, but what they are TELLING you they need.
And this may not be easy.

You will be pressured to cover content,
give assessments,
follow your scope & sequence,
assign homework,
get things done.

But a child has died.
One of our own.
Someone's daughter,
Best friend,
Sister,
Student.

It has taken over the thoughts, the lives, of everyone.
As it should.
So tomorrow will not be easy.
And tomorrow will hurt.
So take the time to listen.
Listen to what comes out of their mouths when they speak,
To what is in the air when they don't.

And understand that math
and science
and English
and history
may not be enough.
But you are.
You are enough.
And you are just what they need.

Tomorrow, you are exactly what they need.