It was a good day. The kids were in a little theatre production on Ancient Mexico this morning. Was it adorable! They made their own costumes (masks, headgear, paper assortments), puppets, and scenery. A and I couldn't help but awwing and "oh my goshing." About 75% of Ms. DT's class was in it... the other 25% will be in another production on Ghana (or China... whatever this district requires for their country study curriculum) later on in the year.
(A took some pictures... and this one was post-play. You can still see the cuteness of the Mexican god with yellow hands on the left!)
Sadly, I also became really, really excited over the Scholastic Book Fair going on today. Yes, I love the books. I had an "older person" moment when I asked if they took cash only. The woman told me, "Nope! We'll take any form of your money. Cash, check, credit card." "Credit card?! Ooh, how modern."
Now back in my day, we had to have exact cash change along with the slip of paper that indicated the specific books we wanted to buy. Not anymore. Scholastic is up with the times.
Well, I ended up buying 4 books; I justified the purchases by saying, "It helps the school out!!" ;) Hey, they weren't allll for me. One was for Miss EB, but I looked up her booklist on LibraryThing and realized she already had it. Doh. Another one is for K, though, and I'm pretty sure she doesn't already own the one I bought for her.
The only disheartening news I heard was the reiteration that I'm going to have a very hard time finding a job next year. I suppose I kind of knew that going into teaching. See, the turnover in elementary school teachers is not often. In elementary schools, you pretty much get a plethora of people who are in the field for like 15-30 years. Yep, years. It's divine intervention when a position opens up when you're looking for one. My supervisor scared me when she said that we should become long-term subs for our first year. I'll do anything just to be able to pay the basic bills... but I'll need health benefits and most subs don't get those. We'll see what happens. I'm supposed to be a teacher in this stage of my life, so I know I'll be put where I need to be.
I also officially started my grading job this evening since I picked up some essays to be graded by next Tuesday. I'm pretty exhausted right now since I didn't get to sleep last night as quickly as I had hoped... but I made it through the day pretty cheerfully.
- Miss Chelsea :)
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