Saturday, June 20, 2009

Bad First Day of School


It was the first day of school and I was totally unprepared. We were in the classroom and I thought to myself, "Wow, I have a really small class this year." But then when I started counting kids I realized I had 18. They kept moving around the room and I could never get an accurate count. I decided to take attendance so I sat down at the computer. I didn't know any of their names yet and they were acting so belligerent and wouldn't tell me their names. The attendance program usually has their picture with their name underneath, but this time it just had folders they had designed with their numbers on them. There was a male assistant in the room with me and he said that they had designed the folders last year. I started calling out numbers and asking who was who. "Who's number 2?" and 5 kids raised their hands. They thought it was hilarious but it was really pissing me off. Then I saw some kids from last year and I was so sad that I didn't have them anymore. Victoria came into the room and gave me a big hug. I asked her who her teacher was and it was the new 5th grade teacher. She was scared to go to her new classroom, but I told her everything would be ok. There was door that adjoined my classroom to the next one and kids started walking through it. Then a fight broke out and I was trying to get my kids back in the classroom. One of the girls was such a bitch, and was yelling obscenities at someone in the other room. I decided we should have a class meeting, so I asked everyone to sit in a circle on the floor. I started counting down from 10, but they ignored me. I got some of them to sit, but most of them were still at their desks talking to their friends. I told them I would count down again and anyone who wasn't in the circle would lose their recess. They still ignored me. Since I didn't know any of their names, I didn't know who to keep in for recess. I was so frustrated by this time that I started yelling. The male assistant pointed and I saw Kathy kneeling down by a desk and scowling at me for losing control.

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