Ok, so here is a new avenue for me to procrastinate cleaning, grading papers, or anything else that I should be doing. I am going to try blogging. From the looks of things, I have a lot to learn. Everyone else has these awesome little pages. It looks like professional web designers got on to create these things. I am not one of those.
So, what's been going on today no one may ask? Ah, just typical stuff for me. Went to school early to get stuff done. Did typical school stuff until we watched the second graders do their program which is by far the cutest I might add. Finished the day in typical form....thank goodness no more tutoring! Then I got harassed by a parent who didn't agree with me disciplining her child. Ugh. I think I am more worried about the crop of parents that I get at the beginning of the school year than the kids. I keep playing the story in my mind that she is probably telling the other parents. I pick on her kid or something like that. She probably is thinking that this is the worst year he has had, it may be. But that it's my fault for it. I know I am right, but the last thing I want is for this kid to be told as he grows up that this was the worst school year for him. I know he likes my class, but parents are so influential.
Yeah, that's might vent for the day. I am about to go to the middle school to help the kids with orientation. That is one sweet part of my job. I get to see my kids anxious and in awe of the big school they will go to. I love how at this time of the year they start to cling to me...literally. They hug me over and over again. They aren't just hugging me. I know some of those hugs are meant for every elementary school year. They want to hold on to their elementary school and not go to the scary place that expects them to grow up. I want to keep some of them. I still miss my kids from last year. In these moments...it's all worth it!
