Friday, Fun...scratch that...Interestingday

     I believe this is the first time I am writing about a Friday. Man, is Friday its own day. All the kids are a little excited for it to be Friday, but it’s also the last day of the week, and everyone is a little tired. So, from what I can tell, emotions run high. Fortunately, this class is a pretty friendly class in general so there were no student-student conflicts (I will come back to that though).

This first statement will be short because I will not disclose any personal information about the situation. What I will say is, parents, know that your kids know what’s going on in your lives so try and be extra considerate of them.

     The next story is certainly one of those “elementary school stories”. One of my students managed to tie her jacket around her waist and a pole at recess. Now, if you know anything about knots, you know that when stress is put on many knots, they get tighter and tighter. This was one of those knots. So, as everyone is lining up to go inside, I see one remaining…tied to a pole by her jacket. It was quite the site. She managed to wiggle out of it, but the jacket remained around the pose, tied in a knot. I eventually had to be the one to untie it.

     Now, back to the student-student conflict topic…there have been no direct conflicts, accept for one solid kick to the shin, this year. However, someone showed my mentor teacher a name tag that had some pretty mean things written about another student. I’m not going to go into many details in this situation as well. However, I will say that it looks like a “frame job,” and I feel bad for the two students being framed because, even if they didn’t really like someone, they are considerate enough, when on their own, to not hurt someone’s feelings in such a way. I think someone showed the kid today, thus leading to more emotions on a Friday.

     I’ll now speak of myself because, after all, teachers (ST in my case) have feelings too. In accordance with paragraph two, there was definitely a lump in my throat at one point today. On a more cheerful circumstance, another teacher was considerate enough to put in a good reference for me with the Assistant Principal. It made me feel very good about myself, as well as, very grateful to be in the situation I am in, working with the wonderful people in this situation.