Thank-you for first graders

I haven't written here for awhile. I intended to write here whenever something really funny happened or something interesting ahppened, but I never got around to it. Oh well. But, I wanted to (in a way) say thank-yous for my first grade class this year. Technically, you weren't really my students, but I enjoyed helping you and watching you grow. You have all changed so much since I first came in September. Thank-you for showing me all about what first grade is like. Thank-you for making me laugh and think and listen. It's wierd to think that when I am out of college in four years, you will be in *gasps!* FIFTH GRADE! But it is okay. I will teach other kids, but your class will always be remembered as a special one. So, thank-you :)

Something I noticed...

Usually I come in to the class working on writing assigments, but today they were working on a math lesson. I sat at a table with five students. Many of them were so easily distracted and were doing pretty much anything besides "spill the beans" except for one little boy. He was speeding through the paper so fast! This is the kid who usually sits in front of his paper and says, "I have a headache, I can't think of what to write." So the question is, is he more interested in math related things or is he more skilled in math? O_o

I'm not eating ghosts yet...

When I get power hungry, I want to run everything my own way. Sometimes I just have to keep reminding myself that someday I'll be the boss,but right now I can't control everything, and that's okay. Sometimes I have to be like Pacman and eat the ghosts, other times I have to step away and let someone else lead. It's all about balance I guess...

So nice to be loved...

I walked in today and I was asked to help two students fix their sentences they had written about fire safety. One of the girls saw me and patted the table for me to sit by her. (Usually, I sit at the round table and watch a group of students while they write.) I sat at the smaller table and starting working with someone else. She came and sat down at the other chair, so I asked her, "Are you supposed to be sitting here?" She nodded yes and then I asked, "Did the teacher say you could be back here?" Again, she nodded, but I told her I was working with another student today. She said, "I wanted to sit here with you today."

Remember these kids...

Remember when you were a kid and the world was simple and you could just have fun and not worry about anything? Those are just some of the things I see during my "teaching" experiences. Remember that those faces of people who will do great things in the future and will make an impact on the world in their own special ways. Remember that they represent innocence, and that it is our job to help them become people who will help shape a new and future world. And finally, remember to pray for them, because they are people too, and they pick up more than what you think...

Don't you hate it when you are having this amazing dream that just makes you feel so good and refreshed, but you never know what happens because the alarm goes off! Maybe that is God's way of telling me I shouldn't know the future. He's just going to keep me guessing!