Halloween
Halloween is one of those days that we middle school teachers hate. We know the kids love it, but at the same time they wreak havoc all day and it's a totally wasted educational time. They say we are supposed to be teaching them every moment they are in school, yet days like today complete prevent teaching. The first class of the day wasn't bad. I didn't expect much from them, and we didn't get much done, so all was good. Then second period rolled around, and although my agenda for the day was sparse, we were unable to complete it. I had a hard time keeping all 19 kids in that class seated the entire time. It was horrible. We had a "super lunch" where all the students get both lunches and it's a big carnival. They were looking forward to it so much that it prevented them from copying five things from the overhead. It was embarrassing. By the time the bell rang to end that class they were hanging out the door behaving as though I was torturing them. I almost wish I had taken pictures.The carnival lasted for an hour and a half. Groups of teachers had set up game booths and offered prizes. My group did a bobbing for apples booth, and I was surprised to see the amount of interest. These adolescent girls who spent hours on their hair were gleefully dancing their heads in freezing water in an attempt to catch an apple. It was so much fun to watch. I was sad when we ran out of apples.
Then we had to survive the remainder of the day with a bunch of students who were no longer interested in being at the school, but had no escape. The icing on the cake was when my 3-year old daughter decided to take a nap at the tail end of my prep period, and right before my biggest and most rowdy class. I had been trying to get my daughter to lay down all through my prep and she was totally uninterested, then she up and decided she was tired and she wanted to relax. She set up her blanket and pillow, and promptly crashed out. So I had to threaten painful torture to my students to make sure she got a bit of a nap in. She slept for about 45 minutes, then woke up all chipper and ready for more action. It was great. I thanked my fourth period so much for being so quiet and well behaved. As soon as those words were out of my mouth they turned into a pack of wild animals.
I count my blessings wherever I can find them.
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