Headache/Spring Break
Well, my throat is raw and my head is pounding, but luckily it is Spring Break which means rest and relaxation...
...for everyone but me. I'll be sorting my books and heading into my classroom for the two days I can get in to the building to rearrange, put out books, and try to make things better.
Today: all specials were cancelled, which = no planning break for me. Lunch was given out in bags and the students were sent back to class which = no 5 minute get-it-together time while the kids settle into lunch, and they were supposed to eat in the classroom. Right. We went outside to eat.
The noise was ridiculous. Inside, outside. Only mitigated briefly by my screaming in their little faces. J-- shoved T-- into a wall under the backpacks during dismissal and D-- kicked him while he was down. T-- is one of my special students who is just not cut out for a regular education class. He is reviled by the rest of the students in their typical 7-year-old ways where their world revolves around themselves and themselves alone. Even E--, who is probably the second most detested person in the class (when you tell someone to sit next to T-- or E-- that person makes a face and sometimes loudly complains) made a face when I had he sit next to T-- today (which made me so angry, becuase of all people, she should know how it feels.)
Later, when we were making flashcards to take home over break, she colored red marker on her lips and she looked like a little tart. I took her and M-- to the bathroom to scrub their faces because M-- decided to SUCK on a marker. Scissors were used by a select few students and the only mishap we had was D-- throwing a pair across the desk. (Last time we used scissors, T-- cut out a chunk of his own hair.)
Then at the end of the day when I was talking with the custodian, K-- threw a piece of paper and hit me in the head. I don't think he really meant to do it, and I really don't think he did it maliciously but what could I do? He went to the office. I can't condone anything like that even a little bit and he was already on pink. I guess I feel like overlooking it now is what leads to situations later on where students throw pencils at the teachers in order to hurt them.
...for everyone but me. I'll be sorting my books and heading into my classroom for the two days I can get in to the building to rearrange, put out books, and try to make things better.
Today: all specials were cancelled, which = no planning break for me. Lunch was given out in bags and the students were sent back to class which = no 5 minute get-it-together time while the kids settle into lunch, and they were supposed to eat in the classroom. Right. We went outside to eat.
The noise was ridiculous. Inside, outside. Only mitigated briefly by my screaming in their little faces. J-- shoved T-- into a wall under the backpacks during dismissal and D-- kicked him while he was down. T-- is one of my special students who is just not cut out for a regular education class. He is reviled by the rest of the students in their typical 7-year-old ways where their world revolves around themselves and themselves alone. Even E--, who is probably the second most detested person in the class (when you tell someone to sit next to T-- or E-- that person makes a face and sometimes loudly complains) made a face when I had he sit next to T-- today (which made me so angry, becuase of all people, she should know how it feels.)
Later, when we were making flashcards to take home over break, she colored red marker on her lips and she looked like a little tart. I took her and M-- to the bathroom to scrub their faces because M-- decided to SUCK on a marker. Scissors were used by a select few students and the only mishap we had was D-- throwing a pair across the desk. (Last time we used scissors, T-- cut out a chunk of his own hair.)
Then at the end of the day when I was talking with the custodian, K-- threw a piece of paper and hit me in the head. I don't think he really meant to do it, and I really don't think he did it maliciously but what could I do? He went to the office. I can't condone anything like that even a little bit and he was already on pink. I guess I feel like overlooking it now is what leads to situations later on where students throw pencils at the teachers in order to hurt them.
posted by Jessica at 6:27 PM
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