No more two hour delay...

Now we are closed for the day. That just means that I have a three day weekend. How nice! Although now we go to school on President's Day in February. Oh well.

You know you're a teacher when....

I am sitting around the house this morning because of a two hour delay. I normally would go back to bed but I fell asleep at 8:30 last night. So I am well rested. I came across these funnies called You know you're a teacher when....

• You can make up games on the spot.
• You realize there are never enough pencils/glue sticks/scissors in the world.
• You see a child misbehaving in the supermarket you automatically give them "the look".
• You have perfected "the look" which turns any child to stone.
• A social life was a thing you used to have.
• You know the life story of every single child in your class, and can recognize them all from the back of their head.
• You dread notes from parents.
• The word OBSERVATION sends blind panic through your system.
• Weekends are spent planning for next week.
• You can't remember the last time you blow dried or straightened your hair.
• You can maintain a straight face in ANY situation.
• Stupid names of children in your class become the norm to you. Also, you realize some names you will never name your own children, due to experiences with children who have that name!
• The staffroom is your sanctuary.
• Packed lunches are a part of daily life.
• You want to choke a person when they say "Oh, you must have such FUN everyday. This must be like playtime for you."
• You know what all the "must haves" for children are right now.
• You can sense misbehaviour without actually seeing it.
• You don't know whether to laugh or cry when someone says "Teaching? That's an 8-3 job! You're so lucky!"
• You say things once, then repeat them, then ask if everyone understands what you are saying, before repeating again.
• You know at least 5 different methods of doing multiplication (not including a calculator)
• You secretly love it when a child in your class has a birthday - treats!
• You get fed up with different news reports everyday from politicians telling you how to do your job - why don't they spend a day in a school for a change?
• You find yourself using cliche teacher phrases that you swore to yourself you would never use - e.g. "pens down, arms folded, eyes front." "I'm sorry Reece, you clearly have something more important to say/be doing than concentrating on my lesson" "tuck your shirt in"
• You don't bother telling people anything about your job as they never seem to fully understand the stress...(sigh)
• You count down the days till half-terms, holidays, weekends knowing that without them you would be headed for a nervous breakdown.
• You have more control over/respect from children than their parents.
• When you meet someone else who is a teacher, you have an immediate bond.
• You loathe children who finish their work quickly!
• There are headache tablets in your desk drawer.
• Stickers are still a form of excitement for you (especially scratch n sniff ones!)

He did what?!?!

As I was conducting reading groups today, one of my students came up to the group in a panic yelling, "Bobby* just ATE a crayon!" What the heck was the first thing going through my mind.

Then Penelope* proceeds to tell me, "I told him to eat a crayon and he did. I didn't think he really would!" I look up and sure enough Bobby is wiping crayon out of his mouth with a tissue, shouting "I didn't know she was kidding!"

I asked Penelope why she would do this and she just replied, "I don't know." She felt totally horrible though.

Then another student comes up to me five minutes later and says, "Tiffany just put an eraser in my mouth."

Oh gee whiz, could life in the second grade get any more exciting?

*I have changed the name to protect the innocent. :0)

Waste some time

If you feel like you have some time to waste, check out my cousin's wedding pics at: http://grantisaacstudio.blogspot.com/

The photographer did an awesome job. Also check out some of their other work. I really enjoyed some of the pics!

I hate rainy days!

There is nothing worse than a rainy Friday. I actually dread Friday's because I have no preps. I have the students from 8:00 in the morning until 3:00 in the afternoon straight. My saving grace is usually 15 minutes for morning recess, 20 minutes for lunch followed by 15 minutes for recess, and then a 15 minutes of recess in the afternoon. However when it rains it means the only time that I am away to hear myself think is the 20 minutes that I get to scarf down my lunch. Otherwise I am cooped up in the classroom watching recess float by. Gee an indoor playground sounds great on these days! It would save my sanity. :)