With that said, it has been a crazy week! Teacher assisting is going well, almost done with my first unit and am kind of excited to have a few days to rest when I won't be teaching. Everyday is a new adventure and any plans I have of how I think the day is going to go usually change as the day progresses.
The week of teaching culminated on Friday with one of the most amazing lunches I've ever had and I have been inspired and humbled ever since! It's nice to have colleagues that support you and can relate to you in so many ways. Knowing the community that surrounds me makes it that much easier for me to try and help others; it's never bad to try and pass along the good feeling that someone gets when they know that somebody out there cares about them or is willing to help them.
Related to school, it is becoming more and more apparent how much of an influence you have on students AND how much of an influence that they have on you! Everyone has an off day or has a tough time or makes a bad decision, but the most important part of these situations is the way that an individual handles the outcome and the consequences. If a student is having an off day, wait to talk to them and see what they will do to prevent it from happening again. Instead of punishing so quickly in the classroom, why don't we discuss with students what is going on: they're people too!!
So how about the other way around? This has been about how we can support our students. How can our students support us? Why this question is even asked is crazy, it should be obvious!!! The students that I work with on a daily basis can bring a smile to your face at any second! Can make you realize that in some way, you can always do more good than harm, and that someone out there really counts on you! For some students, you may be the only support they receive in their life, and they will try as hard as they possibly can to reciprocate! They will talk to you, they will ask you questions, they will tell you jokes, they will try to influence your life in as many ways as you influence them, and they may not even know it!
This whole teaching thing is amazing. I had a conversation with someone who did not understand why I would want to be around kids all day: kids don't know anything! This is so upsetting to me, how could you think that? Kids are creative, innovative, think outside of the box! Just because they don't have the same experience that I do in life, in many ways they prove to be smarter than any of us!
So let's learn from each other, let's stop dwelling on why things are so bad and start looking for what we can do about it, and let's start showing those around us how much we really care! Let's start acting like we're on the same team:
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