School's been real stressful lately. We have a lot of craziness going on, but there are always little moments that make me smile. Today, I want to share two stories another teacher told me, about me, today.
Story 1
Kids ague a lot, and I've been reminding my students lately that they will not always get along with each other but they have to be polite and kind anyway. It's just part of being a good person. I told them that I'm not best friends with every teacher in our school, but I still show them kindness and respect. There are always people in our lives we may butt heads with or disagree with occasionally. It's just a fact of life!
Anyway, two 4th grade girls decided they wanted to spend recess inside with their teacher today. This teacher is a close friend of mind and told me what these girls were discussing when they thought the teacher wasn't listening.
Girl 1: "Ms. R says she doesn't like some teachers in this school but she has to get along with them anyway."
Girl 2: "I wonder who she doesn't like."
*both think for a while"
Girl 1: "Oh, I know! I think it's *teacher's name* because one time, they were walking down the hall towards each other and Ms. R just stared ahead and didn't say anything at all!"
Girl 2: "That must be who she doesn't like!"
Hearing this conversation made me crack up. I don't remember staring past this teacher or not acknowledging them in the hallway, but it must have happened! Kids notice more than we know!
Story 2
I may technically be an adult, but I still have moments of immaturity. Several weeks ago, my friend asked me to fill in the dates of all my chorus rehearsals on her desk calendar so she could help me out. While going through her calendar, I decided to add some other important dates. The first was in October and said "Buy Ms. R a present". My birthday isn't until March, but I like presents. The second was in November. It just said "farts".
Skip ahead to November. My teacher friend was approached by one of her most responsible students tod. The student normally is pretty fun and carefree, but she approached my friend very seriously and said she needed to speak with her. My friend was naturally very worried until the girl said, "Someone wrote 'farts' on your calendar." My friend was pretty confused and had her say it again. Finally she realized that she was talking about what I'd written on her desk calendar ages ago. She told the student, "Oh, that was just Ms. R being silly. It was a joke."
The student did not think it was funny.
Oh, well, you can't get 'em all.
