Through
social networks and even a quick Google search it’s easy to find any number of
humorous images depicting what happens to teachers as they teach. The calm,
composed, and passionate teacher ends up frazzled, injured, and ready for a
straightjacket by the end of the term.
And every
teacher agrees with such a depiction, though there is debate on whether it
takes the entire term or just a couple of weeks for such a state to come to
pass.
I’ve
launched, with the help of some colleagues, something of a new project that has
the decided benefit of bleeding off stress and saving sanity.
I’ve been
questioning 1) whether to debut this project here or in its own place to be
disconnected from my life as a writer, and 2) whether or not I truly have the
time for yet another project amid so many others.
I will say
that this hobby project has been instrumental at saving our collective sanity,
delaying the inevitable need for a straightjacket.