Wow...
These past 2 weeks have been quite crazy and hectic.
I have had a shit load of work to do at the school where I work. I was cleaning, organizing, and decorating my classroom. It took forever but I finally feel like it is mine. My class loves it and they love seeing their work on the walls! They are so cute. They were trying to be so careful and not mess up the classroom... it is pretty funny to watch 22 little 8 and 9 year old try to clean a classroom. Especially since I am assuming none of them clean anything at home... ;o)
I also had parent teacher conferences. They went pretty well. I learned a lot about my students and their families. I felt like I know them more now. With each new thing I discover these children become more and more real and special to me.
From the parents I also learned what really happens in my classroom. There are all these love stories and girl fights and everything. Nothing big.. every isuue is resolved before 3:00 pm!! It is kinda scary to see how fast kids grow up these days... I think boys are supposed to still have cooties in 3rd grade.... but maybe I am of the older generation!
Most parents were cool.... ;o)
Other parents suck! I have this one girl with serious issues. She lies, steals, fights with kids and everything. I always thought she was a problem student. It always took a lot of me to deal with her fairly. I found out that her mom pretty much does not give a shit about her. Her mom came to me one day to speak about her daughter... she was so rough and cold with her daughter. She is the kind of woman who spends all her time getting her hair dyed the right color to care about what is wrong with her children. So.. at parent teacher conferences... the mom does not show up! Instead her brother and relative show up! So.. I talk about the girl and her behavior and how I feel this is coming from the fact that she ios not happy and seems seriously depressed. She has no friends in the class and i think this might be the reason of her behavior. Just a cry for attention from mommy dearest. I ask the boy to tell his mom and so on... Next day the boy sends me a letter asking me to help him deal with this and make his sister ok...
Well I guess I know who will not be getting the parent of the year award!!
My heart breaks when I think about this girl. It must be tough to not feel that love from your mom.. Thank you mom for always letting us know that you loved us unconditionally! Thank you for always caring about us!!
Well... I also have a student with a mental disability. I do not know what he has but he is a special needs child. When I first came he would always be lost and not understand what was going on. His sentences would randomly curve around the paper. His letters were not legible and spelled backwards and upside down and everything else. He could also not spell words correctly and so on. The concept of the sentence was really difficult. So, I worked with him a lot.. and I know his parents work with him all day also.. but on Thursday .. he took a spelling test and he got all his words right! He was also doing his homework with me and he was writing sentences on the line! But best of all.. they were reall ... correct sentences! I was so happy.. I really wanted to dance! I know I did not do it alone.. but I felt like I did achieve something.
I felt like I really did impact someone!!
He is so cute. He has come to love me and trust me. When he is scared at school he only wants to be with me. When someone hurts him he runs to me. This trust is amazing. I am guessing this is somewhat like what kids feel with their parents.. but to a lesser degree. I also think I want to protect each and every one of them like a mother wants to protect a child. We have these freaks in 8th grade that come down and actually beat up my third graders. When this happened and I found some of my students crying.. I went to those 8th graders and promised them that if it happens again I will make sure that the matter is dealt with in a way I see fit and that their parents and themselves will be quite pissed...and I told them how serious I was...
I wanted to protect them.. I wanted my students to feel safe!
Well.. I love my class! I love each and every one of them... I love my job!!
Well... these past 2 weeks have been pretty much work only! I only went out 1 time.. ;o)
So.. that is all that has been going on with me...
I love my job!!
