How Not To Waste Spring Break

"I'm bored"
No success will come from squandering time. Time is too precious to waste. The summer months and holiday weekend that we are afforded in the education business should not become an excuse to catch up on all the latest greatest movies and pack away the bon bons. Instead, these times seem to be best spent by analyzing where things stand with your current teaching position. What has worked so far this year? What will work better if I start doing it after the break? If it's summer, how can I start out the school year more prepared than I did last year?

Another good thing to do is catch up on house upkeep. Sell extra CDs you have at home. Throw away old papers. Have a yard sale. Not only will it give you some extra cash, but it will also make the home less cluttered and you will feel better while you are there.

Teaching summer school is an option. Personally, I would prefer to develop other aspects of my life rather than teaching year round. I have work I can be doing at church. I have volunteering that I can be doing. I can go visit my parents. I can read. I used to spend the time playing video games or messing around on MySpace. Now I have come to the point where I see how much valuable time those things have been wasting for me.

So what will I be doing over spring break? For one, I will be starting a business (go to the courthouse to file, open a checking account, do some web design work for it). I also plan to go visit my parents while my sister will be in town to visit them. I'm planning on organizing my office at school, selling around 75 CDs, going to a basketball game with a friend, and playing with my dogs. Valuable things that the typical school year time doesn't really allow me to do all that much.