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Archive for November 19th, 2009

Day 8 – Kindergarten

19 Nov

Didn’t I already mention that I don’t like kindergarten?  For some reason, I did it again.

This time was better though, I got to do things.  It also helped that the teacher still in there knows my wife.  Or at least can recognize her as my wife, either way is fine with me.  The point is, I wasn’t just a warm body sitting there for ratio purposes.

I still don’t want to do kindergarten all that often though.  It’s fun playing with the kids, that age group is fun, they’re not the problem at all.  It’s having that other adult in the room that knows more than you do about the class.  I never really get a chance to get to know the kids or anything because the other teacher just takes over.

I wish there was a school that didn’t have assistants in the kindergarten classes.  I don’t think that’ll happen around here though.  Until then, I guess I just won’t jump on kindergarten jobs early like I do with other grades.

 

Day 7 – 7th Grade Math

19 Nov

This was my first experience in a middle school, and my first half day.  It was nice not needing to be there until around noon.

It was not nice to come in the middle of a class.  I don’t know why this teacher wasn’t there that day, but when I got there another teacher was covering the class.  That first group of kids was basically a lost cause as far as discipline goes.  Thankfully I knew that and once I figured out that there wasn’t much time left in that class I was fine with it.  The next class was advanced.  What a change.  They did their work.  Willingly.  I was shocked.

After that I was supposed to have planning but I ended up covering another class.  I guess having a half day that included the planning period would have been too perfect.