My favorite part of going back to school was setting up
my classroom and the smell of new supplies. The anticipation of new
students and getting to know them and what made them tick. This of
course was before all this common core stuff. When you could teach what
was required but at your own pace and in your own way. Everyone did not
need to be on the same page in every classroom across the district. I
could spend more time on the Civil War and less on the War of 1812. More
time on Women's Suffrage and less on the Era of Good Feelings and the
Monroe Doctrine. I could use my knowledge to judge when it was time to
move one and when it was time to delve deeper into topics based on
student interaction and reactions to what we were studying.
Do I miss the start of school? Sometimes. I miss setting up the
classroom and the greeting of students on the first day, but I do not
miss the meetings, the paperwork, the daily hassles that teachers have
to deal with when they have severe behavior problem students who have
never learned manners and appropriate behavior in prior years of
schooling or from their parents. I also do not miss the parents who do
not accept responsibility for their children and blame everything on the
teachers, who are not at fault.
Last year I was
at school for the first student day and I really did enjoy that. I was
filling in for a new math teacher who was hired the day before classes
started and had to have time to move to Anchorage and get all his stuff
in order with the district. I spent two weeks in his room and enjoyed
starting the year off with a group of seventh graders.
This year I am not subbing on the first day of school, but I already have a job lined up before the end of the month. I will be teaching English for a week. I look forward to it.
Today when I was out shopping I heard a mother tell her son that they needed to start shopping for school supplies. I would certainly hope so since school starts for students next Wednesday.
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I always liked the beginning of a school year, as a student of course since I am not a teacher. I still like seeing school supplies even though I don't need them. I bet I could donate some stuff to the local school district. They I could get my supply shopping fix.
ReplyDeleteBeth many schools are in need of supplies for those students who are low income. I have been donating things to hubby's school since I sub there so much. Gave him a box of 3 ring binders that I no longer need, probably have more I can donate if I get through more boxes of stuff I don't need. Also gave some of the teachers things I no longer need that they can use as they need or pass on to students.
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