Holidays & Worries

It is that time of the year again. Right around the time when it's thanksgiving holiday and I'm flooded with papers! Yup it happens every year! It's almost like tradition. Actually, last year it didn't happen. Last year, I was a free bird. Last year I took one semester off from school (transitioning between undergraduate and graduate school mostly). Somehow, I feel like I am so much more now, so much more alive, now that I am back in school. It is when I am buried under paper assignments and having more and more panic attacks due to deadlines and its pressure... It's almost done now. Only two weeks or so left and then I can officially take a breath from school and work all together....at least until January again.

Another thing I'm absolutely worried about is my students' CATW exam day approaching. They are taking it on Dec. 10th! That is not very far away! Oh I hate this part when I can't even be the one to judge them to give them the green light to say GO you passed even! I just have to let them take the step to the testing office and the world outside our classroom and all that we've been doing thus far. Then after a week, I will be "given" their scores along with my lead teacher. Honestly, I don't know which one to be more worried and nervous about, my school workload or my students passing the CATW?