friday was a rough day for one of my first grade friends. at the end of each day we have a behavior sheet that is marked with a smile or a note regarding the negative behavior. it's a district-wide regulation and i don't know if i fully believe in it's relevance, however this is the hand i've been dealt and i will roll with it.
anyway, this particular friend had a not so great day and was being sent home with a note instead of the almighty smile. needless to say he was pretty pissed. whenever this friend does not receive the smile his favorite thing to do is avoid the hug/high five line we do at the end of the day as the children are filtering out and getting on their busses. and so, as expected, this nugget bypassed right by me as soon as i averted my attention to a paper cut finger that needed a smooch before boarding a bus. after i had said goodbye to the rest of my peeps i started off to find my little runaway. i boarded three busses and shouted around to find him but k-5 homies are not so good with directions. "oh, that guy? yeah i saw him. he picked his wedgie at lunch." unhelpful. feeling slightly panicked that i would miss him i borrowed our friendly gym teacher's walkie to phone mah girl at the front office to ask for my bud's bus number. she gave it to me and i marched right on that bus and asked where he was sitting. a petrified third grader gave him up. squished up against the window i asked him to come out into the aisle and talk to me for a minute. we discussed how i wasn't mad at all and how he needn't be either. it's not that he is a bad kid. on the contrary what do i say every day? i asked. " i have a great big brain and a great big heart...i just don't use them all the time." exactly. hug or high five, dude? he chose a hug. i taught him well. some days are better than others. sometimes we get pissed in first grade but we don't leave on a sour note. my parents taught me that. i'm grateful that they did because now i can teach similar sentiments to my peeps. monday will be a new day. happy sunday for now. xo
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i'm terribly sorry i haven't written in a while. i felt like ferris bueller. life was moving so fast and i didn't want to miss anything. anyway, i am back now and as of today i am officially teaching full time! i tackled my biggest hurdle and took over math today. we are working with picture and bar graphs and i swear the children can smell my fear. it was actually precious one of them asked if i needed them to hold my hand. it's cool to feel legit, people. it's cool to feel like i'm doing exactly what i'm supposed to be doing. i feel so grateful to live this life. to know this people. to be in this place. xo, ld |
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