More Kid Funnies

Here are some of my most recent funny stories.

Today a little boy raised his hand and showed me a picture of a Jazz game that was in a book about the Jazz. Our conversation went as follows...

Hunter: LOOK!!! Miss H!!! There I am!
Me: Really?
Hunter: YEAH! and my grandma and grandpa! and theres Roby over there!
Me: Um...Hunter are you sure? What year were you born?
Hunter: 1999, Why?
Me: This pictures says it was taken in 1996....
Hunter: oh....

Then all the kids started joking and saying they were born in 1996, 1993, or even 1990! (They said 1990 like NO WAY THATS SO OLD!) Then one little boy piped up and said "OH YEAH? I was born in 1987! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA" all the kids are laughing... and then i said Hey... I really was born in 1987!

They all froze. Jaws on the floor. Eyes wide....

Then one little boys goes "HOLY COW! Are you like 80?!?!?!?!?!"
I made them all do the subtraction (2009-1987) on a piece of paper to see how "old" I really am.


Another one....not quite as funny... I have my students write sentences using out vocabulary words and one of our vocabulary words was plunged, like he plunged off the cliff into the water below. I tried so hard to steer away from any other meaning of plunged and make sure they understood it meant falling.... I had the students pick 4 of our vocab words and write a sentence using them. I was checking their work at the end of the day and one little boy wrote "I plunged the toilet." I just thought it was funny.....

Another vocab word was vast... A little girl wrote "I have something vast in my pants"... I dont want to know.....

One little boy always writes "Miss H is cool" or "Miss H is nice" or any variation of that ALL over his papers that he hands in...This kid is already trying to butter me up...

Yesterday we were lined up next to the bathrooms waiting for students still in there. We were on our way to lunch and i always make them be really quiet because there are other kids still in class. Well all of the sudden someone in the boys bathroom burps...but this was like the loudest burp in the history of the world i swear! NOT to mention the echoing from the bathroom. I just kinda gave the kids lined up in the hall a look and then they all burst out laughing. Here I am trying to keep my composure and tell them its not appropriate to laugh at something like that and the kid that did it comes practically rolling out of the bathroom laughing his head off.... I tried everything in my power to stay composed and not laugh... i bit my lip, i turned around, i tried to think of something else....but then i couldn't take it! I burst out laughing too....It was HILARIOUS! and all the kids laughing about it made it even funnier! I was probably laughing the hardest out of any one... One of the guys that does in school suspension walked past and just looked at us really weird while me and 26 ten year olds are laughing our guts out.

I was walking down the hall by myself to lunch and this random little boy came up to me and said "Hi Miss H!!!" I was surprised but said Hi back. Then he said "Do you know who I am?" and i said "well.... no actually I don't... whats your name?" and he said "Its Tony! Remember? You hit me with the door! Oh! and my sister is your class..." I had no idea who this kids was...but apparently i hit him with the door... hahahahaha I felt really guilty that i didnt remember hitting him with the door or remember who he was...

I love my job most days! Its pretty great to work with these adorable kids. I love their perspective on life and friends and school. They help me keep my focus and remember what is important in life.

Remind me again why I wanted to be an adult?

My life is really pretty unexciting. My parents call and say whats new and I really struggle to come up with anything...the best I can think of is...um.... I watched a movie and didn't fall asleep! HA anyone that knows anything about me know that is a pretty exciting thing!

Any way... I feel kind of obligated to update my blog... so I guess I am just gonna ramble (I dont know if thats anything new though). Lately I have just been realizing more and more how stressful it is to be an adult. Right now my life is kind of nuts.... It's like this:

plan 4 lessons a day for student teaching
while you put together a work sample of a unit you taught (it takes a lot of extra work)
while you teach those 4 lesson plans every day
While you have tons of energy to keep the kids involved
WHile you look and apply for jobs
WHIle you have no money
WHILe you try to be social
WHILE running on 5 hours of sleep
WHILE you have a cold or some kind of sickness
oh yeah...and you need to do it all with a smile on your face!

It just piles up. Its a bit overwhelming to think about, especially all at once.... but one day at a time...thats all I can do. I hate to wish my life away...but i just wish things were a little bit more settled right now. My life is kind of in a giant upheaval. I cant wait til I have a job that i actually get paid for. Can it be January? haha

Deep breaths

So....student teaching is HARD!!!!!!!!! I wish you could in some way feel the emphasis i put in every letter when i typed HARD!!!!!!!!!!! Its funny though...because its not hard like i thought it would be. I can write a MEAN lesson plan! I can plan like no other... I can mostly do the stuff they taught me with no real problems.....

The problem now is all the stuff that they tell you about....but (maybe this is just me) can really only be learned through experience. Let me tell you what... trying to make ONE lesson work for 26 kids on 26 levels of learning..... Its a HUGE task to be faced with. And sometimes I feel like I couldnt be more direct when I am planning and then it turns out that I am totally and completely WRONG! Not to mention... I dont know if they really make you understand what its like to control 26 kids.... they get like mob mentality...its SO hard sometimes to keep everyone attention..keep everyone (including the district, parents, principles, the teacher next door) happy. Teaching is freaking stressful!! Its an art! it really is! I hope i get the hang of it soon.....