Comments | suzaku_seishi: A little something about me.

suzaku_seishi

A little something about me.

Feb 26, 2009 16:59

A few years back when I decided to become a teacher, I was asked what grade level I wanted to focus on. I have grown up with kids of all ages and have worked with a variety of age groups at that point and I still didn't have a definitive answer. "No problem" said the head of the intern department. I was accepted into a two-year co-teaching program ( Read more... )

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xvmorganalefayv February 27 2009, 00:53:21 UTC

a) My, Seto Kaiba, your icon is just perfect for this post! :P
b) See, and people are confused when I say that i) I would rather NOT teach lower elementary (hell, I don't want to teach elementary at all; I'm going for middle school English ffs!) and ii) that children under eight are the reason why I am not having any of my own. I have no patience for them for more than...what, three, four hours? My niece is 2 and adorable but nothing feels as good as handing her back to the vapid idiot who spawned her my brother's girlfriend. :3
c) I. MISS. YOU. You MUST attend Icon this year or I WILL ASPLODE. Same goes for Lauren!!!!! <3 LUFF I SAY.

digifur February 27 2009, 03:52:08 UTC

Words cannot describe how much this post has made my day. Week. Month. Hell, year so far.

cut3butp5ych0 February 27 2009, 22:21:00 UTC

lol you're my hero

kalys February 27 2009, 22:34:29 UTC

OMG- I can so see that happening... and have to an extent. It's why I don't sub anymore. Give me a good ol' broken computer any day.

aloquin777 February 28 2009, 00:57:39 UTC

Wow, Brian. I don't have tv where I am, but I've "heard" that the President is stating that there will be no tolerance for drop outs. Which means that the parents will likely get in some kind of trouble, but keep in mind, it takes two working parents these days to maintain any semblance of life for the offspring ( ... )

thelineofeld March 2 2009, 20:27:45 UTC

As a product of the New York City school system, I feel obligated to say this:

They were in the first grade and couldn't READ? WTF?! We couldn't graduate kindergarten until we could read. And not just names. We had to WRITE complete and coherent SENTENCES. WITH PENCILS NOT CRAYONS. If you lower the standard, you lower what is considered above average achievement. I could rant on this -so hard-.

Seven-year olds are a trip. Sometimes the are hysterical and sometimes they are trouble. It takes a lot of work to get them focused. That and, to quote Mel Brooks, fear. The dreaded "I will call your parents!" It's a bit of a dance you have to do. It's also their first experience with 'real school'. You see similar stuff in 7th graders, getting into high school, don't you? Kids hitting each other, calling each other names. Only they're bigger and going through "special changes". :D

You learned something from the experience while teaching the children something as well. I'd call that a win-win. At least you're not separating tiny fistfights.