Since the dawn of summer vacation, students have counted down the days until the much-welcomed respite. Teachers are no different. After months of lesson planning, grading papers, COVID-19 fears and losses, staffing shortages, and other job-related stresses, teachers are looking forward to the break just as much as students are.
We reached out across social media platforms to find out exactly how teachers plan to spend their summer vacation. Many are enjoying activities they didn鈥檛 have time for during the school year, but as always, some are thinking of new ways to help their students next year. Here鈥檚 what they shared:
Some are going back to their favorite activities
鈥淚 plan to play a lot of board games that I played when I was a youth with as many young people (and anyone else) as possible.鈥�
-Monica Jack Bland
鈥淚 love sewing and interior design. I also just bought a house 馃檶馃徑 It鈥檚 going to be an amazing summer鈥�
-Samantha Lee
Some are spending lots of time outdoors
鈥淚鈥檒l be golfing and gardening! Don鈥檛 want to be anywhere near kids, unless they鈥檙e my granddaughters!鈥�
-Gail Ancelet
鈥淲ith the biggest rapids in Japan, I鈥檓 planning to do river rafting in Yoshino river, Tokushima, with my husband and dear friends! Moreover, I鈥檓 excited to conquer Mount Fuji again this year!鈥�
-Jbel Bambe
鈥淕etting back into my swimming routine; swimming a mile a couple of times a week.鈥�
-@petramarxa
Swimming, biking, dog walking, reading [literary theorist] Kenneth Burke, and writing blog stories and journals.
-@lawanda43
And some teachers just can鈥檛 get away from academics
鈥淚 am taking it slow with my plans. For my current and summer break, I will be working on more academic proposals.鈥�
-Fatima Al Husseiny
鈥淢y summer project is to work on an early literacy program for my job.鈥�
-@ChrisHard9334
