So, it's official. I started substitute teaching on Tuesday. IT WAS A BLAST! I absolutely loved it! I was able to go to a charter school down in Springville and teach third grade. We had some hilarious moments.
One of the boys had a birthday, and he was character! He had these big glasses that he had to constantly push onto his face to keep them on, and he loves, as he said, "ancient rocks." On their birthdays they get to do show and tell and so he brought a trilobite fossil. He cracked me up!
Then there was the girl who apparently every day around eleven has a stomach ache.
And the boy who after adamantly refusing to do anything all morning, decided to fall asleep on his desk, and when that wasn't comfortable, moved to the floor.
The kids are all so willing to please, and I can't imagine what I must have been like in third grade...no, I pretty much know...I was probably the most annoying, precocious kid ever. But I think I turned out all right.
After a few mishaps and many adventures (including getting there late because of ridiculous traffic and arriving right before the bell rang...meaning I was winging the entire day. Yeah. It was awesome.) I made it through my first day without too much trouble!
Did I mention that I love teaching?
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