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Kid Lit
I love books. Always have. This year I have reignited my love for children’s literature. I would be embarrassed to share how much money I have spent on books since started a fourth grade classroom. The urge to buy two of every book is very hard to overcome. See, I need one book for my personal shelf in the classroom and one for the library. Books that make it to the class library are well loved. I’m ecstatic that they are being read, and more ecstatic to hear them discussed, but I feel a twinge of pain when I see how beat up they get. Therefore, I need two of everything! Two of everything is not so practical, books are not so cheap.
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
This one time I became a fourth grade teacher the Friday before school started.
I have been trying to find a teaching position for quite some time. I’d hoped to teach at the school I worked at last year as an aide and they had hoped to hire me. Due to circumstances at the district level, teaching at my school didn’t seem like it would actually pan out. When I returned to work as an aide for the year, I was asked if I would be interested in teaching the 4th grade. My interest had been more with special needs children or younger children, but everyone needs to start somewhere.
They are letting me come back on Monday.
Tomorrow I start my second week as a Special Education Aide. It seems like my cubicle life was ages ago and I’m very grateful for the opportunity. I get to work with a resource teacher and learn from her (and she is pretty fabulous I must say). And let’s face it, if I had tried to be the teacher, since I have no experience I would more than likely fall flat on my face. This line of work has been more satisfying in one week than two years in corporate America were.
Gal Pals.
Bonnie, my NY friend/coworker left this morning. In the past week Michelle, Bonnie and I have spent almost every day together. I admire both these gals immensely and are one the most positive things I will be taking away from my job. Michelle listened to all of my crazy tirades, she made me laugh, she ordered me lunch and gave me life advice. My cubicle experience would have been entirely different if Michelle had not been there. Michelle brought me a fabulous butterfly balloons and a chocolate cake today, for this, I’ll keep her around.
One Week (7 days).
One week from tomorrow will be my last day in an uncomfortable chair, staring mindlessly at a computer for hours. Making a decision to change things has taken me more time than I care to admit or even know (maybe a year or more).
My Shame.
This is the daily array of my desk. Throughout the day the number of coffee cups, water cups, cups from home, and various snacks cluster together. I don’t ever clean any of it until I’m about to walk out the door (which is a habit I’ve considered changing, but haven’t gotten around to yet). Not only am I messy at home, but I’m also messy at work, this should not be a surprise to any of the five people who read my blog. I feel the need to acknowledge the soda on my desk. I wanted something to drink and didn’t have the time to make tea, and didn’t want to make an effort to get a cup and walk over to the water cooler. Soda is the easiest choice, you just reach in the fridge and grab. Although I would like to get credit for getting the caffeine free version, I still had a soda. I fell off the wagon. I’ll get back on- promise.