u/After_Bodybuilder426

we recently moved into a house that had the same color of paint throughout the entire house including the ceilings. I am painting the living room space Casa Blanca White. I am going to paint the ceiling a basic ceiling white (unless anyone has a better idea.)

Here are my questions.

One of the walls in the living space has an awkward space between the wall and the ceiling. should I paint it wall color or ceiling color? I am leaning towards wall color but want to know others thoughts.
The kitchen and the living space are connected. should I paint the walls in the kitchen the same color as the living room or switch it up?

I think I am overthinking everything here so some outside perspective would greatly be appreciated. Thanks!

to start I am the type of person that takes everything to heart. I know in teaching you need a thick skin but I find myself having to fight for my thick skin.

This last year (which was my 6th year teaching) I have felt way more stressed and anxiety around not being a good teacher.

As a started cleaning out my classroom I started thinking about the things I could do better next year. These things had mostly to do with organizing, adding in more projects, and adjusting to the upcoming classes needs. while I self reflected I found my anxiety significantly decreased and I was even a little excited for what next year will bring.

That was all until I received a text from another teacher saying a parent emailed her about my class expectations. The parent was worried her student wouldn’t progress and was thinking of putting her student in a different school (To avoid being in my class.) This parent had said she heard from parents in my last year class that I didn’t have high enough academic expectations.

I am grateful to the teacher telling me because I wouldn’t want to be blind sided by this later on. However, all my anxiety is back.

I have always been data driven and take feedback from my in class assessments and benchmark assessments seriously. I was proud of how my students progressed this year and it actually was one of things that helped calm my anxiety throughout the year. To find out parents have been talking behind my back and making parents in my upcoming class worried about my teaching is gut wrenching.

My partner says it is not worth the stress and the constant judgement and that he fully support me if I decide to not teach next year. For various reasons, I was already planning on only teaching for one more year. To leave teaching this year would only be bumping it up a year. However, I don’t want my admin. to have to try and find a replacement with only a couple months notice. I would also have to break my contract which will cost a couple thousand dollars. And lastly and perhaps my biggest thing is I don’t want to end my teaching career on such a sour note.

What are your thoughts? Am I being over sensitive? Should I hang in there for one more year? Or should I leave now before I am stuck in the cycle of another year?

Painting Ceiling and Walls

Thinking of leaving teaching behind.