The Power and Possibility of a Slippery Slope How one event in your day can possibly change and affect the rest of your life
Frustration in the school and workplace for college working students
Last Friday I decided to substitute teach 3rd grade at
a public school far from my house.
(http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedImages/schools/tildenms/homepage/schoolbus.jpg) school bus
I have heard from many teachers
that 3rd grade is the
best grade to teach, so I decided to pick a school that was far away from my
house to teach at because I wanted to teach 3rd grade. My parents needed a
ride to the airport that morning but I did not want to be late for work, so I
had my little sister miss school to drive them. I arrived at the
elementary school a half hour before school started and introduced myself to
the principal’s secretary. My optimistic mood changed to rage when she
told me that the teacher I was subbing for actually showed up today. I
was confused because I drove a half hour to get to this school and now they
were telling me to go home.
While I was
driving home, I called my boyfriend and he looked up other substitute jobs for
me on the computer. He called a school that was forty minutes away that
was looking for a substitute. At the time I did not think to ask what
grade I would be teaching because I was excited that he found me another
job. It was not until I arrived at the school that I found out I would be
teaching Kindergarten.
A day with these
Kindergarten children made me question if I ever wanted to teach again. They ran around the room, screamed and hit one another, refused to learn, and would not stop crying. There were 3 students that would cry for no
reason and it was impossible to think in the classroom. I tried and failed to control the class and
counted down the hours till school was over.
Now I know to
teach children old enough that do not cry on a regular basis.
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