October seemed to drag on. I was worried that I wasn't cut out to be a teacher and that I had made a mistake in moving to Zeballos. The 6/7 class was a major struggle and I didn't seem to be making any progress with them. I hadn't been able to get any assignments completed by every single student. Behaviour seemed to be getting worse from September and the days were getting shorter. After my pro-d conference in Vancouver I ended up having to put down my family dog that I had had since I was in grade 6 myself! It was really hard on me coming back to Zeballos without her and Bruce (my other dog). I truly didn't think I would make it through the entire year and contemplated quitting at Christmas and finding another job. I knew that I should be happy to even have a full time job. Most new teachers on the mainland are struggling. I was feeling really low living without friends and family.
On the bright side, in October I moved in with my very awesome room mate! Yay! I finally had company! She had a cat to play with and between the two of us we were able to scrape together some kitchen supplies. I thought, I'll just make it to December and then I'll decide what to do...
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