So, everytime it is almost time for school to start, I get nightmares. The one that always happens no matter what is that my flight to go "home (whether that is to Utah or to wherever it is I actually live)" is about to take off in an hour and I haven't even packed yet. I have never even almost remotely been late for a flight in my life (well, with the exception of one in Evansville, but that was a joke). Why I get this dream I don't know.
Then for the years of college and graduate school I dreamt it was the first day of school and I could find my classroom. And that I had graduated, but I really hadn't because the teacher said I hadn't turned in my last paper. Etc., etc., etc.
Sortly after I graduated (and after I had my "oh I really didn't graduate nightmare a couple of times) I thought those dreams would be gone. Well, since my life still runs on a semester system, the packing/plane dream I think will be with me for the rest of my life. But, now I get nightmares in the summer and over winter break that it is the first day of class and I can't find my classroom and I am worried my students will leave. Or I haven't written the syllabus yet. Or I get to class and I have NO IDEA what I'm teaching. Or - here's a good one - I am supposed to teach chemistry or biology and I don't know the first thing about the subject - where do I start? Lol! And of course, needless to say, I have never in my life, as a student or teacher, not been prepared for a class much less the first day (okay, well, maybe as a student there were a couple of classes I faked).
So, the other night I had the "my syllabi aren't done yet" dream. It is laughable because I mostly finished all of my syllabi before winter break even began. But, the dream still inspired me to sit at the computer and finish up what I hadn't finished up yet (forget the fact that I am arriving at school one week before school starts with literally nothing to do except celebrate my 30th and plan classes.
Sigh . . . the subconscious mind is a weird, weird thing!
Burning Leaves
5 months ago
2 comments:
You will have dreams like that for the rest of your life.
I haven't been to school in years and I still get them lol. Mom
Oh... I have those too! I always have at least one "I have class in an hour and haven't begun to start planning." Now, I have had a few class periods where it's almost that bad, but never a whole class! I do have to do a little bit of work for class planning still, but my syllabi are printed and waiting for me at home!
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