WOW! Well yesterday was quite possibly the most frustrating and embarassing day that I have experienced since becoming a teacher. I actually cried during a meeting. Now, I can't totally blame it on the hormones, but I am sure that didn't help. We have started a new idea to better reach our students. Unfortunately, the whole idea wasn't exactly planned out or communicated with the people who are actually implementing the whole deal.
I am slightly overwhelmed as it is with my class and all of their needs, and then on top of that tried to plan ahead and make sure that I am as healthy as possible for the baby. (Which is pretty difficult with 18 5 year old kids coughing and sneezing on me 8 hours a day) Yesterday was the icing on the cake. We basically were told that fun things didn't belong in the "intervention" time now matter what educational basis they had. Which to a kindergarten/early childhood teacher was a pretty low blow.
I am so tired of all the fun being taken out of school...These kids are still babies, they are 4 and 5 years old. They have 13+ years of school ahead of them, why on earth can't we have a little fun?? We had more fun in a 1/2 day of kindergarten 20 years ago than we have in a full day now. It's sad really and I feel like I am stealing their childhood from them. It breaks my heart to hear kids screaming and bawling when they are forced to come to school. I don't blame them though, some days I feel the same way. Yesterday being a prime example!
Well, maybe I should stop whining and do something fun...God forbid I do that while I am at work!
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Dang NCLB. Forcing school to take the fun out of learning! I feel for you, except I am on the other end of it. It breaks my heart when Lucas screams in the morning when I drop him off at daycare. I know that he will have a fun day. I know he will. Just like the parents of your students ultimately know they will have fun with you.
So, that is what I tell Lucas when I drop him off. He sits down and starts to throw a fit. I look at him and tell him "Lucas, you will have fun today. I promise.."
Also, just remember, that you are going to be their favorite teacher for years to come. When they get to college and some of them decide to be a teacher, it won't be Ms. Shepherd they remember teaching them about penises and vaginas, but it will be Mrs. Shultz, teaching them their ABCs, and whatever else we learned in Kindergarten. Have a good day!
~Robyn
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