Burnt out day care teacher, here. (Hey, I've done something proactive about it - I re-start college on August 18. Business administration and e-commerce. Minimal human interaction
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I know that kids that age are at least *aware* of sex, but what made you so certain that it was a "preteen bicurious orgy" and not just...girls playing?
Just a hunch. And an attempt at a joke. That's why it was struck out.
It was the fact that they were covered head-to-toe in a corner of a room, that it looked really bad to anybody passing through, and that they were really obnoxious to me when I told them to get up and do something else that I had a real problem with...
Well when I worked with schoolers the 'okay we're all going to sit hear and do nothing if we can't act right', worked rather well. And the 'well I guess your just going to lose privileges if you can't behave'.
Yep. They're confined to what they can do at the tables tomorrow when they're not outside. So, lots of paper and crayons and glue and complaining of "I'm bored..."
(I only cover breaks and let off the lady that gets in early, so my exposure to the boredom will be limited, thank goodness.)
I agree -- childcare jobs? Show the reality of how kids act. Thus, three months nannying three toddlers has inspired me to never have my own toddlers. (Or babies. Or older kids. Or teenagers.)
Still love 'em, still intend to be a teacher (and a very good teacher), but...The best part is giving them back.
People keep trying to, jokingly (I think...), give us their kids. They expect me (I think...) to laugh and go along with it. I expect them to laugh at my "Sorry, hate kids with a passion."...neither of us get what we expected.
Hoom...I worked in a daycare one summer, and it wasn't all that bad. Then again, when I was younger and had to spend time in that same daycare as a kid, I remember the supervisors being omgnazis. It's next to impossible to deal with kids without having to constantly threaten them with an increase in their boredom levels ("let's play the laying perfectly still on the gym floor game!").
Not kidding. :P Worked summer day camp with 9-13 year olds, and we actually played a game called Dead Fish, where they laid on the floor and we watched to see who could stay still the longest.
It was called Cemetery when we played it in summer theatre classes when I was in middle school. It's hard getting a room full of 11-15 year-old musical theatre kids to shut up.
My elementary school ballet teacher called it Rag Doll. She would go around the room and flop our limbs around to make sure they were completely relaxed.
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It was the fact that they were covered head-to-toe in a corner of a room, that it looked really bad to anybody passing through, and that they were really obnoxious to me when I told them to get up and do something else that I had a real problem with...
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(I only cover breaks and let off the lady that gets in early, so my exposure to the boredom will be limited, thank goodness.)
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Still love 'em, still intend to be a teacher (and a very good teacher), but...The best part is giving them back.
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Not kidding. :P Worked summer day camp with 9-13 year olds, and we actually played a game called Dead Fish, where they laid on the floor and we watched to see who could stay still the longest.
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