A highly entertaining list, emailed to me compliments of my brother. This is my favorite part, on students pointing out a teacher’s quirks:
I’m sure that there are more, but they have not yet been brought to my attention by one of the following reliable sources:
- A mean kid who has boundary issues.
- A kid that is trying to use me in a revenge plot by tattling on their arch nemesis for making fun of me.
- A well meaning child who also happens to have aspergers.
I really like number one. This is all incredibly true.
There should be an educator discount on alcohol in May.
And chocolate.
Used the outdoor classroom yesterday and today for concert review, post assessment and student surveys.
Miss Gertrude McFuzz discovered how truly unique Horton was!
All the musical kids wore their shirts yesterday because it was May 15. Many of them burst into my room singing at different times through the day.
One of my favorite parts of my job is how different each day is.
My boyfriend came with me on the annual 8th grade trip to a theme park this year. I asked if he could get me some swag from work for those kids since they are the first class I’ve taught for all three years and they all love tumblr so much.
This is what came in the mail today.
So much of my job requires me to not think about how goofy/laughable/foolish/ridiculous I must look in front of large groups of teenagers nearly every moment of every day.
