Do you ever feel like you are walking through life without a voice? Not able to speak what needs to be said. Not noticed. Not heard.
I am going through that right now, but more literally. I literally have no voice. For 2+ days now, no words. Snaps, claps, slapping tables to get someone's attention. And even though I have no voice, I feel like I am really being listened to. The kids look at me and really listen, trying to hear what I am trying to say. At school, I helped out in a class yesterday and because I was not the teaching teacher, the kids had no problem with it. I was even asked to sub for the afternoon and today, but I had to decline, no voice, no teaching for me. The funny thing is that the teacher that asked me to sub for her didn't even realize that I couldn't talk. She was too miserable herself I am sure. She has the flu. I am glad I don't have that!
Oh well, be thinking of me as I snap and clap and whisper my way through the days until my voice returns. =)
1 comment:
One of my finest moments as a teacher was a day when I lost my voice. I was such a routine freak that the kids knew exactly what we needed to be doing. I just needed to fill in with signs and gestures and the class taught itself. Funders even came through the room that day to observe...that part was a little embarrassing.
I can't imagine being a sub without a voice. Yikes!
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