Last week marked the end of the first the week of the 2017-2018 school year. I am glad to say that the kids and I are still at the same school. However, surprise! Not only are we at the same school, we are now all three in the SAME CLASSROOM! It is is alright to be confused, terrified, excited, astounded, to slap-your-knee-and-call-me-silly... for I continue to rotate and shuffle through all of these adjectives (aka: describing words... because I teach little ones). If you had told me 12 years ago, when my teaching career began, that I would EVER leave teaching high school science to end up teaching 6-9 year-olds... yeah, that's right, 1st - 3rd graders... I would have announced that you're officially CRACKED! You. Have. Cracked. Nevertheless, here we are, with five days of teaching "little ones" under my belt, and my feelings remain clouded in a sea of exhaustion. I can, however, give you a short list of the things I have learned about myself or at least confirmed about myself in the first week of teaching 1st-3rd grade:
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- I am not built to repeat myself that many times! I am most definitely not built to repeat myself that many times WITHOUT tone in my voice.
- My son and I need to both take a chill pill. We love each other, but WOW neither one of us is crazy about being trapped inside on beautiful days. #together
- My son is a caged animal and we should have started the Adventure Detox earlier... or at least started it... at all.
- I love to watch my daughter at school! My daughter loves school, loves me as one of her teachers, and is an amazing classmate... just so long as you follow her instructions. She was built to do school!
- Apparently I CAN clean up bodily fluids... or teach small children how to clean up their own bodily fluids.
- Every child is creative and enjoys expressing their creativity... and I get a kick out of it EVERY TIME!
- I can enjoy small children that are not my own! This is new for me. I did not know this before this week.
- I want more sleeping in my life. I need more sleeping in my life. Everyone has better days when I have more sleeping in my life.
- I love watching my children interact with their surroundings.
- Did I mention I learned my son is a caged animal... everyone learns differently!
- I need Jesus!
- I learned that after four days of teaching little ones and sitting at home in one spot for more than 20 minutes, seems like a grand idea, until you have to get up and realize your legs are 97 years old and refuse to move in the fashion or with the speed your will requires.
- In related news, I learned that after one week of teaching 6 - 9 year-olds you will put your pajamas on backwards and you will not have the energy or cares to do anything about it. #whateverman
If I were to sum it all up, the first week of year 12 of teaching will go down as the best first week... and also the most exhausting first week! Keep being awesome year 12! Jesus hold me close!
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| She LOVES school! |
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| Wild! |
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| This has been going on too long! |
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| This also has been going on too long! Time to take that test! |
