One Down.....
One hundred and eighty two to go. Sigh. I suppose counting down to the end of the school year isn't the best way to start a school year, but after the day I had today I can think of no other way to describe the way we got started.We are horrible with schedules. We register the students on registration day and the returning students and all who pre-registered received their schedules. So one would then figure that the only trouble would be with the kids who didn't pre-register. Unfortunately, after four years at this school I fully understand that 95% of the students will have problems with their schedules. On the first day of school the entire student population needs a new schedule. It creates havoc, and it makes for a very exhausing experience. My poor 6th graders are expecting everyday to be as chaotic as today, and I even heard one little girl say that she didn't want to come back tomorrow because she so confused this morning. And the 6th graders are so, um, fragile. If you look at them the wrong way they burst into tears.
Speaking of sixth graders, I have to make a first impression note. I have been at this school for five years and I am used to a particular type of student. These kids are from incredibly poor backgrounds where the parents don't really care about the educational benefits of school, to them it's a break from being the parent. Honestly, it's a bleak outlook on my demographics, but it's the truth. Not for 100% of the students, but for a large portion of them it is. So I expect to have to explain to my students how to put together a sentence and how to end that sentence with a punctuation mark. THESE ARE 6TH GRADERS!! 12 YEAR OLDS!!! So I start with them today the same place I have always started and they got irritated and asked me to stop babying them.
I have no words to describe the feeling that washed over me this morning when I heard that. So I stopped talking and let them work independently, and an even greater feeling became me when I saw that they were doing exactly what they were instructed to do. Never in the first week of school, let alone the first day, has that ever happened.
I think I now need to retire, so then I can end on a good note.
Then reality struck and most of the class turned in today's paper without a name.
posted by lobo5747 @ 5:08 PM
7 Comments:
Good start... I'll be back to read how things go.
I can relate, believe me!!
hehe
Oh that is such a funny ending about so many of the papers not having a name. LMBO That sounds like something that would happen to me. You're doing an excellent job.
I'm not a teacher but with four kids I can relate to the different feel of each year group. This lot sound like they will keep you on your toes, and hopefully this is the start of a rewarding school year for you all!
Good luck :o)
Way to go K, at least it wasn't too horrible of a day for you. The no name on the papers cracked me up. LMAO, i have to ask, how did you find out which paper belonged to who?
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