Well I knew high school was going to be different than first grade and I think my first introduction says it all. When the teacher introduced me to the class the response from one single student was "What's popping homie?!"Totally different than my reception in 1st grade. I had a great first day though, might have been from the kids being just back from spring break but I'm hoping not.
Since this is my special education placement I do not have a class I have a case load. My load is 14 some need more help than others but all 14 are eligible for my one-on-one service. While I am in the classroom I am a support teacher which I really enjoy and the teachers I work with are great. We talked about opportunities for my to write lessons which sounds great except for Chemistry which wasn't my best subject. Harborside is a Charter school and does some great work which I'm sure you will read about in later posts. This first day had some great highlights and I'm sure your waiting to hear about them.
I was in Mr. Mengal's class during prep-period and listening to his students share about their spring break stories. These give my first grade stories a run for their money! The first student shared that they were a the Dollar Tree and saw a woman dressed as a chicken. Apparently she was buying all the plastic eggs in the store claiming they were her babies. Believability of this story is skeptical but I still laughed. The next girl couldn't tell her story because she had her hand over her mouth and had been doing that all morning, but her friend next to her was quick to tell the story. I guess for some reason beyond me this girl and her friends decided to mess around with duct tape. After placing some over her mouth and having a friend rip it off she was covering up a scar from losing a layer of skin off her top lip. OUCH!
I remember being silly as a 10th grader but that was even out of my league (OK for those who really know me 'maybe not'). Mrs. Lewis is my cooperating teacher and she is a great lady who all her kids love. I am very excited to be learning from her she seems to really reach the kids and thats exactly what I want to be able to do. Overall it was a great first day and I'm excited for more.
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