This week I have developed a new appreciation for elementary classroom teachers.
I (somewhat unwittingly) signed up to teach "Supplemental Week" for my ESL students, K-2. The "supplemental" part about this is that while we are at school Mon-Thur the rest of the staff and students are enjoying a mid-Winter break. There is only one real reason I agreed to this craziness and I'll narrow it down for you by saying it is not for the children. Sorry kids.
This kind of reminds me of when I would give up my Saturday morning (8-noon) to teach a bunch of middle schoolers English at IS 52. Somehow I would find myself roped into that as well....I'm sensing a pattern of self-inflicted abuse now that I think of it...
Anyway, back to the real issue. And that is this; elementary teachers have it rough. I have spent every minute doing something for those kiddos, whether it be piercing their juice boxes, tying their shoes or playing human bowling ( a game I made up at the YMCA involving knocking down children with a big ball....). Now it hasn't been all bad. I have given them comforting hugs when they cry about missing Mom and reading books to them, which I must say is one of my favorite things to do. So the good and the bad even out in hindsight.
But now I find myself even tireder. I did not think that was possible, but apparently it is.
1 comment:
i feel for you! i was beyond EXHAUSTED teaching kindergarten while pregant! Now that i dont sleep much at night, i cant imagine still teaching and never even having a second to think! Keep up the hard work!
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