Things I learned today

I can write upside down on an overhead projector. This is fun, especially during second grade math lessons. I'm not sure the kids were as impressed as I was by that feat, but I did end up writing an awful lot like them.

Creating a marshmellow moon phase chart was fun stuff. The room may have looked like hell afterwards, but that's okay. We got it all cleaned up by the end of the day.

Indoor recess makes kids crazy! One classroom is not enough to let them waste all their energy, and by 3:00, they are bouncing off the walls.

It takes five out of eight minutes for one second grade classroom to be quiet two entire minutes. This is the result of a contest held this afternoon. Do not attempt this at home. Results will vary considerably.

I absolutely blew some of their minds today when I was typing without looking at the keyboard and monitor as one student was reading me her story. One boy said....whooooaaaa, cooool. Ha. That was cute. These kids like me, that's awesome.

Elementary school teachers deserve to make as much money as brain surgeons, top engineers, and A-list movie stars. The amount of work they have to do is tremondous; their jobs imperative on the future of the world. Once upon a time, I wanted to be an elementary teacher, second grade in fact, which is probably why I am so loving these three days (and any other day I can get a second grade room). Then that changed to high school. Now it is the dream of college, but for that I have to get my ass in a grad school program. In the meantime however, I just hope that I can pull things off without much trouble at all. And in the end, I just hope I am successful.

Tomorrow is Friday. As much as I want the weekend to get here, I'll be a little sad to give up the steadiness and routine of my day. Sigh. 'Tis the life of a sub, I guess.

Cheers