Before I started teaching high school, I substitute taught. One day I subbed for half a day in a fourth grade classroom. After 2.5 hours, I left crying. Literally. Crying. I had no idea how to handle a bunch of rambunctious kiddos. I never subbed for elementary school again.
The second job I have now is tutoring. I tutor a 14 year old and a 9 year old. I’ll admit, some days I go into the tutoring sessions with Tasha, my 9 year old, and I tremble in fear. I don’t know how to handle her and I am afraid of being too harsh with her. Not because I’m mean, but because I don’t know how to talk to kids. They cry really easily.
So, this week is Teacher Appreciation Week. And Tasha appreciated me! She gave me a card and this flower!
(Sorry about the photo’s. They were taken on my iPhone.)
Here is her card.
The inside.
Yeah, I’m cool – just kidding!
She apologized for not coloring the butterfly, but she didn’t have time.
It is a good thing the flowers came with this little tag – I don’t have the slightest idea how to grow anything. Remember Tomas? No? Well click here and here.
Yup – very nice gift.
An old roommate of mine worked as a 1st and 2nd grade teacher. I swear, every day she came home with something from her students. Holidays were the worst! I felt so under appreciated. But thanks to Tasha, I know one student thinks I’m “cool.”
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I hope you’re not teaching her English because she spelled “you’re” wrong
But really, I’m excited you got flowers. And I made a first grader cry this year. I guess I was thinking in 6th grader mode. Oops!
No, I’m not teaching her English. But, hey, there are adults I know who don’t know how to spell “you’re.”
That cracks me up that you’re scared of kids. But you’re fine teaching at Summit. Which is a demonstration of why it’s good to have all kinds of people in the world. I love the little kiddos. And if they cry–I just give them a tissue. They’ll forget in 5 minutes.
Yeah, once you’re a mom, you tend to make kids cry a lot. . .