Dent in my self-esteem

Yesterday was my last day as a long term sub. For the past six school days (the schools are on a six day cycle and I would see my students once every six school days), I had been telling my students goodbye. One of those days I was talking to the students as they were standing in line waiting for their teacher to retrieve them. A third grade girl and 5 or 6 of her buddies asked me how old I am. I would not tell them at first. So they began guessing my age. I felt I had to tell them that I am 33 when they started guessing that I was in my 40s and them moved on to guessing that I was in my 50s. Just a small dent in my self-esteem. No biggie!

Gangs of children...

Today I was eating lunch in the faculty room at an elementary school that has only kindergarten and first grade classes. One of the first grade teachers walked in and told me about two boys she just saw walking down the hall backwards. She stopped them and warned them that they may run into a teacher or something as they almost walked into her. She clearly thought they were funny and went on to say, "kids are funny when there are only one or two of them as opposed to when they are in groups or gangs... or what do they call them? Oh, that's right - a classroom!"

My sense of humor is apparently lacking!

For the past week or so I've been showing my first grade classes Calder's Circus. I watched it once at home by myself before showing it to the kids. I thought it was cute and that Calder was pretty clever. The kids thought it was hilarious - especially the dancing lady! I thought I had a good sense of humor... apparently it is lacking!

btw... this week I'm the one with cat scratches... I can tell you that cat scratches are not what I love about cats!

Cat Scratch Fever

Last week one of my first grade students had little scratches covering about half of her face. I asked her what happened. She said, "My cat scratched me. That's why I like cats!"