Honestly, teaching is so busy and so exhausting. After an early morning (5:30 a.m., and I'm up...7:15 a.m., and I'm teaching) and a full day on my feet entertaining teenagers, I come home from school every day and have to take an hour long nap before I can even think about tackling dinner, errands, lesson planning, grading, and jogging. (I am still training for the half marathon, so runs are not optional.) It's crazy!
BUT...I honestly love my batch of students this year. They seem very hardworking and very tolerant of my terrible jokes--so you can't beat that. Even those who are not very smart, they seem to have a desire to learn and work hard. Plus, they keep me laughing. Kids say the randomest things. For example, a dippy girl in my 11th grade class informed me today that her employer is "like totally sexist" because he "only gives hours to the pretty girls." But then she went on to proclaim, "But I am really lucky because I am pretty so I get hours!"
On a recent quiz, I asked the students to write a sentence with vivid, sensory details, and a student wrote the sentence, "This morning, I woke with a start and my baby turtle was swimming like there was no tomorrow." (UHHH??)
Finally, in a student's response to the Obama speech, she wrote, "President Obama has inspired me to reach for my dreams. Now that I've heard his words, I know that I can actually achieve my life-long goal of becoming a pastry chef." I'm sorry, but I burst out laughing when I read that. You go, girl!
On a recent quiz, I asked the students to write a sentence with vivid, sensory details, and a student wrote the sentence, "This morning, I woke with a start and my baby turtle was swimming like there was no tomorrow." (UHHH??)
Finally, in a student's response to the Obama speech, she wrote, "President Obama has inspired me to reach for my dreams. Now that I've heard his words, I know that I can actually achieve my life-long goal of becoming a pastry chef." I'm sorry, but I burst out laughing when I read that. You go, girl!
In general, I would say that I love my job. Busy as it is, it's fun, challenging, and rewarding. What more could I ask for?
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ReplyDeleteA pastry chef?!?! I burst out laughing too. I wish I was teaching this year--no fair/
ReplyDeleteI love that these are said, not by little kids with no clue, but by teenagers... with no clue. What a great job you have!
ReplyDeletehahhaha! Oh Barack Obama, the ultimate inspire-er of pastry chefs across the nation. My friend should know. She IS one.
ReplyDeleteUm...so the turtle line killed me! I'm so glad that yyou like your job this year!
ReplyDeleteSounds like the makings of a great year! Love ya Rach. And way to go on the naps :)
ReplyDeleteCan't beat the entertainment! How funny. Good luck with your training!!
ReplyDeleteNice stories. One of my favorite stories from this year is about a student who did a self portrait of himself. One day, the other students were finishing their portraits and coloring their skin. He said he wanted to color his, but I pointed out that he already had. He got this funny look on his face and said... "But I"m not black!" I died laughing... He is as white as can be, but in his self portrait he colored himself black. It was so funny.
ReplyDeleteFuuunnny! You have to give it up for the homely girl though. It's better than having the typical Barbie-doll be making those comments :-D.
ReplyDeleteHey, you are making this world a better place Rachel, I still think about the hogar and am interested in knowing when you go and what you need. Tell Ry howdy and the kids in Buffalo hello. take care,
ReplyDeletePaul