Oh Yeah...that too!

Well, I shouldn't forget to tell you about school...teaching is fabulous. I hated the first couple of weeks. I was in tears most of the time, hated the school, the staff and sometimes the students and then one day everything just seemed to click and I LOVE IT. My teaching has improved incredibly and I have that in written proof with evaluations from my vice-principal and verbal praise from my mentor teacher (who isn't one to hand out compliments...not the warm-fuzzy elementary school type!). We've done some really incredible things in our class including making volcanos in science, growing crystals, reading tons of books including my personal favourite "The Stinky Cheese Man" - if you haven't read it, you should, it is fun for all ages! Reading has been our big push this month with students participating in a reading program sponsered by the local newspaper and so we have been encouraging it and reading with the students a lot and using stories as much as possible in language arts time. It has caught on so much that my biggest "problem child" who is quite violent and anti-social came up to me last week and said "Miss. Pinky, can I read a story to the class in library today" obvisouly not Miss. Pinky but I am trying to maintain a degree of confidentiality here...anyway I was blown away and imediately agreed. He made me so proud to be an educator that day...that is the stuff I live for and that is THE reason that I have worked so hard to get my degree done...which it almost is by the way...except now I don't want to leave me school...funny how things change eh?