it's been a hard day's night

So, that festina lente thing hasn't been working. I've found that the faster I work, the better. Taking things slowly doesn't seem to increase accuracy for me either. Especially since I've been getting about 4-5 hours of sleep every night and I'm constantly fatigued. Is this normal for new teachers? I've found that I've been having trouble remembering things and I feel as though I'm always behind with planning and marking. Of course, it doesn't help that I have to learn most of the material I teach ahead of time. If the students only knew how little I knew!

Despite being more fatigued and stupid, I'm still enjoying teaching. I enjoy learning new things, and using my creativity. I just wish I had more time to do it. I need to find some sort of strategy to either decrease the amount of work I do or to become more time efficient. As it is, I don't get home until 8:30 pm (due to extra-curricular stuff and taking public transit), by the time I settle down and eat, it's 9:30, it takes me a few hours to plan so I don't usually get to bed 'til 1:00 am and then I have to get up at 5:50 am.

Anyway, if I find some sort of miracle method of becoming more time-efficient, I'll let you know. ;)

Until then, I will work like I've never worked before and then collapse on the weekends!

Man, do I love weekends!