Purposeful Ramblings Through My Mind

Intellectually, I know that this isn't really about failure. I think my biggest problem with this school in total has been the simple fact that I'd never failed at anything I tried until I started teaching at this school - and suddenly, events which could easily be interpreted as failures were weekly occurences. It's hard to go from "work reasonably hard and you'll succeed" to "you need tons of extra help from a lot of other people to get by, and the emotional toll will still be more than you've ever paid before." It feels like failure, and the ability to see it as a learning experience takes more practice than I've had.