Why I love teaching.....

1. Yesterday interem's went home. I wrote on a student's form," There is constant repetition needed for retention." I got a note back from the parent saying, "This is not an option. I know the statistics for my people. It affects their social/emotional needs for the rest of their lives." I wrote back to the parent saying I was referring to retention "of concepts", not the "grade level."

2. Yesterday I had to restrain a child (which I hate doing). He was trying to break the study carrel with his feet and bang his head on the wall of it. He was crying and saying how much he hated me. Today he brought in an apology note saying I was the coolest teacher ever.

3. Today I had my 4th grade boys write letters to their moms. I started off saying that the letter does not have to be to mom, knowing only half of them do live with their mom. Well two in particular that did not live with mom, insisted they would make a really good one for her. We got on the computer and found pictures to put on their cards. One of my boys started crying. He couldn't write in cursive good enough and he wanted her to see him write in cursive. I got to have him trace mine. Then my other boy started crying, he couldn't cut straight enough,I had to help him with that. They wanted to impress their moms so much! I had to explain to them that their mom would be happy just knowing they was thinking of her.

So when I come home from an exhausting day of work....I get to look back on these memories and know it was worth it!