Three Months as a Teacher

So not many people know this about me, or perhaps they do they just choose to ignore it BUT I use to be an Anime fanatic. So there was this one show called (I can’t really remember now) and it was about angel like beings who fall in love with people and like form some type of connection that can’t be broken. This connection can only be ignited with a kiss. Well of course there’s this bad guy who sets up like a fighting game where the angel like beings had to fight and “turn off” the other angels (let’s just say each angel had an off button.) And a rule was if you didn’t fight disciplinary squad would come and force you to fight and you didn’t want this to happen because the disciplinary squad was practically unbeatable. So you had to fight to keep your love. Why do I bring this story up? Well after three months working at the CDC I have become….The Disciplinary Squad (of one).

So since working here I have become the Disciplinary Squad. Every so often I come up with new ways to effectively punish my children whilst all the while spearing the rod. Lately my test subject (Richard) has been testing the waters in the bath tub. So there’s never any water in the tub when I put him in there but it seems to be the only area that he won’t leave and run around because of the boundaries the tub walls have set up. That was until today. Today he started climbing it even when I was sitting on the toilet right behind him. Today I ended up just sitting him in a comfy couch and gave him a toy airplane. Yeah yeah all you critics “that’s not punishment” sure but it kept him out of everybody’s hair for a whole 30 minutes.  But it’s been three months and I can honestly I feel I have established a role as teacher in my classroom

I just love walking into class I get a mix of kisses I love you’s and hugs! Listen to stories (on most days and when I can understand) can be enjoyable. Playing games and making arts and crafts. I can switch from friend to serious teacher now most times. I still have to repeat myself constantly but I learned eye contact works pretty good. Unfortunately I still have to listen to hundreds of complaints about this person hitting me this person is not my friend and blah blah blah but I’m not such a sap anymore so I can look at the kid and instead of picking them up and letting the wail on in my bosom I can say “your good kid, go play.”

If you remember before I had a pee situation, well I fixed it I stopped working that shift. Sadly even though I avoided that situation my bare foot and I were in for a surprise. One of my students was sitting in a corner by herself and I walked to her to figure out what was wrong because it was playtime. My mistake… I didn’t see the puddle infront of her. I stepped forward and then I was able to put two and two together. Child sitting quietly and embarrassed during play time+ plus puddle my foot was sitting in= Child has peed is embarrassed and your foot is sitting in it. I defiantly wished I wore shoes in class that day.

Overall Teaching is an interesting experience. I’ve come to love all my children and I think I will really miss them when I leave in June. So ,three months as a teacher it’s been challenging but it has also been great.