Accept what is and make the best of what I have. . .

Tomorrow is Halloween and all of my kids now think that Halloween is a day where you put flour on your face… They don’t exactly understand the concept of a ghost – or else I am just not explaining it in an understandable way – and so they just think you put flour on your face. Haha that was the only way I could think of to explain how you would look like a ghost or a dead person. But they also didn’t understand why you would want to look like a dead person. Regardless, they are all just really excited because they know it is a day where you get candy…and that is pretty much all they care about.

As far as the beginning half of the week, I had a rather large break down on Tuesday after our PTA chairmen’s meeting. We met to discuss what would be talked about at the PTA meeting and it was just so frustrating. They argued about money for the first part of it and then we made a list of things we are going to talk about. You can just tell by the way my principle has no interest in anything that not much is going to change while she is principle. She has no ambition to make the school a better place and it is just SO sad. I want to be able to help this school and this town, but if the only person with a voice for the school will not speak up and ask the MOE for help – we aren’t going to get any. All you need to do around here is ask for help, and they will give it to you. The other towns in Arno did that – and they have brand new schools now. We are the only town with a run down school that is on the verge of collapsing…literally. The MOE won’t know anything is wrong if we don’t ask for it…but I also suppose they won’t favor us either because our teachers don’t go to any of the required classes over the summer so we aren’t exactly on the Ministry’s good side. Oh well – the whole town is behind me, my father said, and will work to help us move Lukoj Education in a positive direction. I am a little scared for the confrontation that will take place on Friday – simply because I work with these people every day and if everyone is about to tell them what a poor job they are doing and I sit there and agree…they won’t look at me with much of a smile I am predicting. But oh well, I am here for the kids and its not my problem they aren’t putting forth an honest effort. I am determined to give these kids a descent facility to learn in and I am determined to educate these teachers enough so that they are able to adequately teach the kids. It isn’t very good when the Math teacher can’t write a number in standard form or do long division…

This year is a year of growth for both Lukoj and myself and I know I am not the only person unhappy with the way the school is run. That said, regardless of how frustrated and miserable things may make it at times I will accept what is and make the best of what I have. I will take advantage of the resources that now sit dormant, and try to make a positive difference. Big or small, a positive difference is just that…positive. It is something better than what was.