What, this is madness, a third post!!!

My final blog of the evening,
(obviously there is nothing on T.V. to entertain me) and
OHH (Gil has the best spot on the couch because of his back),

I thought I would update you on Class 100!!
Well as you might have read, I hit a rough patch,
really it was a holy crap what the h*ll I am doing teaching first grade in the freaking bronx type hysteria,
call it my "I'm Dorothy Gale from Kansas" moment only in this dream sequence my ruby red slippers have been ripped off and Im huddled in the corner of my classroom with no walls singing over and over the lyrics to "I will survive" while my students have set up a store hawking my teaching supplies for half price, and there is a fricking line around the building waiting to get in!!! (teachers are whores for a good deal) HA!

Ok it hasn't been that bad,
but like many others before me and many more after me,
My stress level boiled over.

Step by step i knocked off what I needed to,
and now I have converted from survival mode to a potentially good teacher.

I whipped the kids back into shape, and now we are learning!!

The kids are having so much fun writing their "how-to books".
They are writing books like "How to go up my elevator, How to unlock my front door, and how to microwave a hamburger, to name a few, So freaking cute.

We are moving from Hanukkah to Kwanza,
I had these kids making menorahs, how funny is that,
I just picture these Bronx kids going home and telling their parents about a Jewish holiday.
I would pay to see that scene.
And now, like I feel most teachers might have to, at lunch tomorrow I am actually going to research Kwanza so I know what I am teaching.
Nothing like long term preparation.

Luckily I can start to do Christmas next week,
we are going to have our "publishing party" next Friday for their "how-to books",
and then we are off to Christmas Break.

Oh BTW, next time I see you, make sure I show you my "happy dance" that only comes out when the kids have had an outstanding day. The kids get a kick out of it!!

We have found our way together in class 100,
and although there are more rough days ahead,
I actually have felt like a teacher the past few weeks.

Thank goodness,
although my "Dorothy Gale" moment might have been fun!!

follow the yellow brick road...