The Good, the Bad, and the Ridiculous.

Wow, definitely time for an update. A lot has happened in the past month. Some good, some bad... some ridiculous.

I'll start with the bad as to end on a more positive note.

The Bad
Over Spring Break, one of our second graders passed away due to a fatal asthma attack. Our school has unfortunately seen a lot of death this year. It's eerie. First, a teacher passed, then parents, and now a student. He was such a sweet little boy who always listened and paid attention when he came to my class on Fridays. Mrs. A, Ms. T, and I went to his funeral this past Tuesday. It was the first funeral I've ever been to. The thought that kept going through my head was that "he's never going to wake up." I wanted to avoid seeing his body, but it was an open casket when we first walked in and there he was. Thankfully, the initial shock is now over. I didn't know him well... so the shock didn't last for too long. It's just heartbreaking that a young child was taken back home so early in his life. I'm praying that his family is doing all right.

The Good
We made a huge purchase order right before Spring Break. Second grade is FINALLY going to get magnets, liquid measurement matierals, life cycle tools, butterfly kits, and etc... I made my case to the principal, and she gave us an extra $500 to get science supplies. How cool is that? I'm ALSO getting maps. Like real maps on a roll. To hang up. I can adequately teach these subjects now!

I've been dubbed the "science person" in second grade for some reason. Every time I talk to the principal, she mentions science in relation to me. She was in a VERY good mood this past week. I am bummed that I couldn't go to the Science Conference in July since I'm working at SIG again this year. Mrs. P said I was the one she wanted to send.

I just found out my Perkins loan could get forgiven in 5 years. 100%. BUT. I have to stay in a low-income school for that long. I'm getting 15% forgiven just for this year... and another 15% next year. As much as I have complained about CPI, I'm questioning whether I should stay next year.

However, I do not want to be one of those people who complains... AND had the chance to change the situation... and decided not to do anything about it. So as of now, I'm divided.

The Ridiculous
Here are some quotes to really remember.

IK: "Did you go to college, Miss F?!"
Me: "I had to... AND I went to another school after college, too."
IK: "Did you go to Mom school?!"
Me: "No, but if they had one I'd love to go! Did you go to Mom school, IK?"
IK: "I went to Mom AND Dad school."

Me: "Can you find a musical instrument at a grocery store?"
K: "Yeah!"
Me: "Umm, not really, sweetie..."
K: "Yeah huh, you can buy a flute there! And a flute is a musical instrument!"

DS was given a writing assignment about something "you and a friend do... and how you help each other."
Well, I went around looking at papers... and I saw DS'. It is as follows:

"DS and Miss F like to wickle are [sic] fingers.
DS and Miss F like to go on a picnic."

This was accompanied by a picture of DS and me wiggling our fingers (we do this when we find a vocab word in our reading). My face was clearly colored over with a white crayon. The picture of DS and me on a picnic apparently happens during the summer because my face was clearly colored in with a brown crayon. So apparently, I've gone on a picnic with DS before. haha I somehow missed that invitation.

T: "Miss F, I looove you. [hug] You're my best friend."
[Why don't these kids have best friends their own age?!?! haha]

My kids are on this kick of recycling right now. I couldn't be more proud since that's one little glimpse at being socially aware. We now have a recycling box for paper and everything that was initiated by A. So proud!

G: "I'm recycling this spoon into a shovel!"
S: "Someone's mouth was on that!"
G: "[peeved] I'm not using the mouth!!"

Well, there was probably more, but it's all blurry. Maybe I'll do an addendum when I find the paper I wrote stuff down on...

- Miss Chelsea :)