I see you!

As I sit writing having a stare down with the papers I need to grade I have decided to turn my swivel chair...one moment... there much better. Ahhh now on to bigger things than children's futures, writing an effective blog post. I'm not quite sure what has caused it but the whole week has seemed like Friday. It is like the kids have been poorly behaved. I think perhaps it's been due to school picture day (yes, I still had to take one), hands on science lessons, meetings before school, professional development after school, meeting during my plan time, extra recess, happy kids, crying kids, and kids being kids. I could say the best part has been the birthday treats brought to me from former students, but that wouldn't be completely true. While they were delicious, yesterday brought me something better.

    When I was taking a student their lunch box after school a group of students started talking to me. If the midst of it all one of the other third grade students runs up to me, gives a big hug, and says "What's up Ms. Honey?" All the other kids wanted to know who Ms. Honey was. He proceeds to say, "My girlfriend. How ya doing Honey?" I wish I could pretend that I held it together, but I didn't. I laughed, which only encourages the behavior, and then went into my room. I know that my life is getting sad when I no longer have good comebacks for students that are eights and nine years old. Or that pedophilia is my only current prospect for a man piece.

    Tomorrow we have a parade which still involves collecting candy. We shall see how many kids kill each other. I think I can already feel the tension rising. If they only knew someday they will have to work even harder if they want to relieve themselves of that Snickers!

Wait...Time Goes How Fast?!?!?!

I fear I have allowed myself to stray from my blogging and frankly I am slightly ashamed of myself. Especially at the rate that I am already forgetting things; if I don't find someway to document them...POOF! Let's put it this way. I have decided to pull myself up by the bootstraps and get back int he Saddle (Pun moderately intended). Since I last wrote some umph ten months ago I have become a bonafide teacher. Makes me giggle slightly when I think they bestowed a set of keys, for a public service building,  24 years young fresh out of school hopeful. The thing that makes it more ironic is they actually KNEW me before hiring. Oh well, I guess we all make the best mistakes of our lives. Overall, I feel so blessed to be surrounded by the people I work with. They are extremely educated, dedicated, and helpful. As I have jumped the river into the "Real Adult World" there are some things I have discovered.

* Choosing insurance of any kind will never be easy and there is most likely always a catch.
* Your paycheck will never amount to what you hope that it will (rascally taxes).
* You can still find ways to cover up unwashed hair
* Taking a vacation is much more exciting minus the paying for it part
and finally:

* If you have chosen what you love to do and give it all the energy you can spare, you will wake up everyday with passion and purpose.

New School, Still Cool!

I have spent this week getting back into the swing of things that some call student teaching. Let me sum up the last three days.

Day 1:
* Had my first power battle with a student... I won! (insert flex here)
*Felt awkwardly unprofessional cause I had a bra malfunction (luckily it was hidden.)
*Treated like a real life Barbie by the girls all day because they have a man for a teacher.
*First staff meeting- As I sitting at the table being talked to I see all my former teammates run by. The one and only Schoon makes eye contact and a crazy face at me. Needless to say I couldn't hold it together. I guess now they now I am a rowing dyke all too soon.

Day2:

Started off the day with this gem. One of the students tells a fellow teacher he is going to get her a birthday present next month. He informs her that he will be getting her skinny jeans. She asked him what he was going to do if she was too fat for them. He looks her straight in the face with his determined eyes and says "Don't worry. I'll just buy you extra-large."

* A student informs me she saw the "Mother Ship" the previous night. Then continues to tell me the aliens zapped her spider bite with the laser beam, and Kansas has a red cloud over meaning it is the center for all alien attacks, hmmmmm.
*Had a student tell me that my face was too red and I need to put some lotion on.
*Watched an infinite amount of student pick boogers and then wanna touch me or their friends...WRONG! Keep that nasty to yo self!
*Had lunch bunch with a couple of my higher level students. I honestly felt like I was at a wine tasting it was so sophisticated.

Day 3:
*Today I had my first crier. Luckily it was quickly fixable and life did in fact continue. Weird, right?
*Did some more running records.
*Got asked if I was old enough to teach the math lesson. He became content when he discovered that I am in fact in my twenties and already have a bachelor's degree.
*Beat the boys in Gotcha at recess. "PLAYGROUND RULES SUCKAS!"

Summed up what does this all mean?!?! I freaking LOVE my job everyday!

Coming to Terms

Well.... how do I say this? The truth is that I put off writing my last day's blog and other entries cause I was sad to be done. I miss the kids way more than expected and recently found out that one of my biggest fans moved :/ On a happier note I will be going back on Friday to be the mystery reader! So shhhhh...make sure not to tell. Since completing my first eight weeks I've been a normal student for the last eight. I can say that it is awesome and painfully boring. For instance going to Chicago= Amazing. Sleeping in more and feeling lazy= not amazing. Running a marathon= amazing....wait that is getting into the fact that I love being done with rowing. hmmm. Well either way I am excited to see what the next 12 weeks brings me! Hopefully more entertaining entries for you the viewers!

A Week and a Half in review!

Hello there bloggsters. I'm sorry that I haven't been able to fulfill my obligations to you lately. Allow me to make amends. A few weekends ago I got a rare treat! Early...and I mean early on Saturday morning I went to Basehor High School and watched four of my students play in their second grade tackle football game. There isn't anything like watching a dad pick his son off the ground by his face mask for making a mistake and being off-sides. It really warms the dedicated football lovers soul. Despite the rain, cold, and parent interactions they won 30-20!!! GO CARDINALS! It really meant something to a few of them so I am really glad that I took the time to go. Last week was pretty tame with the exception of the JOG- A-THON (fundraiser) where I was able to watch one of my students run all her laps in a dress and a pair of heels because mom does not understand what dress appropriately for running means. A few place value problems and a thousand blisters later she was ready to go home; her good deed for the school done. This week has been quite eventful. On Monday Mommy-pation essentially broke up with me. She told me her stomach hurt and then burst into tears! I took her aside and asked what was going on. She told me it was hard for her to talk about and then topped that statement with, "I don't want to lie to you anymore!" Normally I find great content in my single life style, but I made an exception and decided to work this one out so we could stay together ;> Later going to pick the kids up from lunch one of my students informs me that they just can't get "Puff the Magic Dragon" out of their head because it is so catchy. Instinctively I thought of Meet the Parents and classified her as a potential weed enthusiast. These feeling only increased when she began to sing it right there in the middle of the hallway. Needless to say my day was made. The only thing that topped it was the inappropriate giggle I got when one of my students once again spelled come ...cu...well you know! On Tuesday we had a real live bee keeper come in and do a presentation with his real life bees. Luckily no stings or fatalities were recorded. During my technology lesson on Wednesday, which was being observed by my University Supervisor, the power went out. Luckily I was able to improvise until it returned. And today one of my students told me that he mom and dad were " breaking up." All I wanted to do was hug her. We had a talk about how Ms. Sadler's parents were broken up too but that it would be okay. Tomorrow is once again JEANS FRIDAY. Hard to believe that this time last week I was headed to the OK Warrior Dash. Anyway we shall see what adventures tomorrow brings! Teaching...man oh man!

Monday, Monday

I have heard that drastic changes in weather can make kids act crazy...today was the living proof of that day. They didn't do anything tooo horrible just talked and talked along with excessive fidgeting. Oh ya and another case of Mommy-Pation started today. Although this time it was less on the mommy more of the pation side of things. I told her to drink lots of water and avoid eating cheese until she could get home...for lunch she downed a cheese sandwhich (more important than the fact that was exactly what I told her not to do, I didn't even know that people still ate those. I mean at least some person had the brains to grill hence grilled chess deliciousness, but plain...no thanks.) I was also informed just before this that my new birth year is 1789. Glad to know that I look so well preserved. On a slightly different note I think that it is safe to say I was an insect slayer in a former life. Today we finished the Constitution and went back to learning about insects. We started our mealworm experiment (and yes they are a gross as they sound). While trying to fork (please be mature) one of them onto a piece of paper he fell threw the prongs and proceeded his downward demise through a crack in the desk and onto the floor. Luckily it was at one of the boy tables for they were willing to dive on the floor and pick him up. To my surprise he survived and I managed to dodge the prison cell once again. If you think that I am overreacting please read previous posts. All in all I can't say that it was a horrible Monday. I even got to see my mom and cook her some dinner "(today is her bday, be sure to fb her!) ;>

Unit: The Constitution, Lesson: Hookers

From the mouth of babes. When reviewing what we've been covering during Social Studies one of my students raises her hand to answer. I get very excited because she does not do this very often. When I call on her instead of giving the guided response of The Constitution she proudly yells PROSTITUTION! How do you bounce back from that? Keep on moving like there is a fire under your butt and redirect students before they can ask too many questions! Then later laugh yourself to tears and tell all your friends when they ask how teaching went for the day. The only thing that trumped this moment today was giving one of my student's an accidental backhand. What makes it worse is he is one of the sweet ones. I was helping another student and went to point at a word that was on the board. Little did I know another student was trucking along behind. Unfortunately I didn't realize this until my hand had made contact with his nose. Luckily no blood, no tears, no lawsuit. I am fairly certain my face turned 8 shades of red because I felt so bad... not too mention for the first time I realized how easy it really is for a teacher to get accused of something and potentially lose their job. Mental notes to self... check left, right, left, and then point.