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So I kinda fell off the face of the earth during finals week.
I'm alive. hooray. :)
I needed a vacation... I kinda got it... but then I dove into work so it didn't work out all that well. I had a week off from Stewart's... but the money is good, so I can't complain... that much...
I started subing in my old district... Mostly Elementary with a few middle school classes... It's re-affirming that I want to work with middle school. K and first graders are cute... but I've had enough of the "he said this!" "she cut me in line!" "We're not supposed to be doing that!" "That book has a butt, it's inappropriate!" *sigh* the fourth graders were a blessing... and the fifth graders in the middle school were good kids and I could handle those guys. Whatever. I can deal with them for a while, but I feel like I couln't have my own class of k-2 for the entire day.
For example... I was in first grade the other day. One kid handed me his pencil in the middle of the lesson. 'can you sharpen my pencil?' So I did using the electric sharpener. A little while later another kid came up to me and asked to sharpen his pencil. I asked 'do i need to do it or can you do it?' he thought for a minute...
'I can do it.'
So he sharpens his pencil. Suddenly, there's a rush of kids needing to sharpen their pencil. While they're all waiting in line, someone comes to me and says 'we're not allowed to use the pencil sharpener! you're supposed to do it for us!'
We had a nice talk about abusing the substitute teacher and how rude it is to try and get away with things.
*sigh*
They're good kids, they really are... they're just getting excited about summer vacation and being out of school for a few months. I have a feeling it will be a lot better when I finally have a class of my own and I can set my own rules and follow them.
That's what I hate about subing... They hand you the sub folder, the key to the room and a badge that hangs around your neck saying you're a sub (if you're lucky...) BUT! You hardly have any direction as to what the kids can and can't do. I mean there are things like raising your hand and listening... but I didn't know they couldn't use the sharpener. And I have no idea how the good behavior light system works (there are three colors, green, yellow, and red. when they do something wrong they go from green to yellow. they can work their way back from yellow... but not from red. I've figured it out... luckily, I'm only had to threaten... i'm probably going to actually follow through next time I'm subing with the the kinders.
I'm making this sound like it's the most horrible thing ever... it really isn't... I've meet a lot of good kids and actually helped them make connections. Those ah ha moments really are awesome. It make me feel like I could actually do this for a living. :) I just need middle schoolers.
so... I've been subing in the mornings and afternoons... then going to stewart's to close. it's been a busy few weeks. I'm going to be SUPER glad when school is over. Like. Whoa.
But I'm going to nap for a bit before stewart's at five. Closing tonight. Then get up and do it allllll over again. *sigh*
I'm alive. hooray. :)
I needed a vacation... I kinda got it... but then I dove into work so it didn't work out all that well. I had a week off from Stewart's... but the money is good, so I can't complain... that much...
I started subing in my old district... Mostly Elementary with a few middle school classes... It's re-affirming that I want to work with middle school. K and first graders are cute... but I've had enough of the "he said this!" "she cut me in line!" "We're not supposed to be doing that!" "That book has a butt, it's inappropriate!" *sigh* the fourth graders were a blessing... and the fifth graders in the middle school were good kids and I could handle those guys. Whatever. I can deal with them for a while, but I feel like I couln't have my own class of k-2 for the entire day.
For example... I was in first grade the other day. One kid handed me his pencil in the middle of the lesson. 'can you sharpen my pencil?' So I did using the electric sharpener. A little while later another kid came up to me and asked to sharpen his pencil. I asked 'do i need to do it or can you do it?' he thought for a minute...
'I can do it.'
So he sharpens his pencil. Suddenly, there's a rush of kids needing to sharpen their pencil. While they're all waiting in line, someone comes to me and says 'we're not allowed to use the pencil sharpener! you're supposed to do it for us!'
We had a nice talk about abusing the substitute teacher and how rude it is to try and get away with things.
*sigh*
They're good kids, they really are... they're just getting excited about summer vacation and being out of school for a few months. I have a feeling it will be a lot better when I finally have a class of my own and I can set my own rules and follow them.
That's what I hate about subing... They hand you the sub folder, the key to the room and a badge that hangs around your neck saying you're a sub (if you're lucky...) BUT! You hardly have any direction as to what the kids can and can't do. I mean there are things like raising your hand and listening... but I didn't know they couldn't use the sharpener. And I have no idea how the good behavior light system works (there are three colors, green, yellow, and red. when they do something wrong they go from green to yellow. they can work their way back from yellow... but not from red. I've figured it out... luckily, I'm only had to threaten... i'm probably going to actually follow through next time I'm subing with the the kinders.
I'm making this sound like it's the most horrible thing ever... it really isn't... I've meet a lot of good kids and actually helped them make connections. Those ah ha moments really are awesome. It make me feel like I could actually do this for a living. :) I just need middle schoolers.
so... I've been subing in the mornings and afternoons... then going to stewart's to close. it's been a busy few weeks. I'm going to be SUPER glad when school is over. Like. Whoa.
But I'm going to nap for a bit before stewart's at five. Closing tonight. Then get up and do it allllll over again. *sigh*