End of Summer

Summer, and my first two grad classes, are coming to an end. I have learned so much, too much maybe, and can't wait to learn more. I am excited to take another class, but am nervous becuase it really takes up a lot of time. Here I am, scrambling to finish all my work early so I can go on one last vacation before school starts. It would be nice if my school credited me the actual amount of hours I spend on my classes towards professional development, or at least the number of credit hours that I take!! It is frustrating that they want highly qualified, knowledgable teachers, yet not credit all of the hours teachers spend trying to better themselves. I know I'll get paid more eventually, but to do grad classes and then be expected to do 14 (minimum) additional hours of development is a lot! But, oh well. What makes me suffer only benefits my students!