As I was reading various sites and blogs on the web this morning, eagerly anticipating updates from some of my favorites, I am lavishing every last moment of my break. Two weeks from today I will be back in my classroom furiously preparing and planning and cleaning and moving things around, and just getting ready to meet my fresh group of shining pupils for the year. So many things are going on within the school district this year, a carry over from a month ago when this past school year ended. The budget for the state is in crisis, many school district jobs have been cut -- teachers and teacher assistants included. Many teachers have been moved around to different schools (yes, this is traumatic. We are a small district and each school is extremely diverse. Moving to another school is like moving to a different land...). I read in our (pitiful) local paper yesterday that it looks like 66 more jobs cuts with the school district could be coming up as well, not anticipated at first. All of this goes along with the 10% paycut all of us well-payed teachers will probably have to take, and increased medical/insurance charges on top of that. My point in mentioning all of this is such:
while reading this morning (how did I get so far away from that introductory point) I came across a GREAT word that I have decided to try to use more often. It is one I am going to introduce to my class, and try to get them to use in their writing. It is a word not to be saved for soft drinks alone...it is worth more than that. And in times of frustration or sadness, or a day when things just need a little more oomph...I challenge you to use this word. No matter how silly it may sound at first, the more you use it, the more likely it is that others around you will use it, and so on and so forth. It's like a Pay it Forward.
And the word is:
Effervescent!
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