September 2011 - Posts
“Honey, shhh. You can speak Parseltongue once we get outside.” (Yes, I am a big enough Harry Potter fan that I could tell what that whispering noise was, when we were in the hall getting ready to go out.)
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A little boy in my class raised his hand at story time the other day, and piped up, “Mrs. X, you have a beautiful face.” I melted, naturally. ”Oh, honey, what a nice thing to say. I love you, too.” A few days later he said it to my Americorps volunteer.
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I have a girl in my class whose parents are from an Asian country (although I’m not really sure if Dad is still in the picture). Her mother, who has limited English, brings her to class each morning and stands over her as she signs in, making her use
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It’s like Lord of the Flies downstairs in our cafeteria every morning. Last year was the first year that our school breakfast became a madhouse, and it’s even worse this year. The kids get off the bus, come in the door that’s closest to my classroom,
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For more than one reason, actually. She sent me a copy of her new book, Awakened , and it is absolutely terrific. I read it and felt like she was speaking to me personally. My review is coming soon. Today, however, I’m thinking Angela’s a genius because
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One word, baby: Botox . It took a year of injections for it to finally work (actually, maybe more like 9 months), and I am so glad I didn’t give up. For most migraineurs who try Botox, it makes a big difference the first time, but not me. But now? Life
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Yesterday was even more difficult than I had expected. I got to work early, but it still wasn’t early enough to get everything done before the big meeting. The meeting was actually quite productive; Mom showed up, with Little One in tow, and Mom was very
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Today was a hard day. We have a little student, the one who screams sometimes, who seems like she is not going to make it in my classroom. Yesterday she had the special ed teacher one-on-one with her all morning (and it’s not like the special ed teacher
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Yes, I did this. I feel like an awful person, even as I feel like laughing. On Saturday morning, I was driving my 11 year old and his buddy to skateboarding, as usual, when I asked the buddy (whose native language is Spanish), “How do you say ‘Be quiet’
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Dear parents, Thank you for sending me such a sweet bunch of kids. They are very smiley and seem to like coming to school. They giggle when we read silly stories, and they already have favorite books (“The Pigeon!” “The Chicken!”). They love recess and
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I’ve been feeling logy ever since I went home from work yesterday, and grateful that I have a three day weekend. Don’t get me wrong; this year will be terrific. The kids are great, and extremely likable, and smart, not to mention very cute. But a few
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The afternoon teacher only had 8 kids yesterday, on the first day, in part because her busing was all screwed up. That was hard, because it was too few kids. I had 16 yesterday, and 19 today, and it was kind of too much. One of the three new ones has
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