Today I had the opportunity to do something I haven’t done in quite a while. I was a classroom teacher!
I subbed for the first time in Trey’s class. That’s definitely a new experience for me. I’ve been the student with a parent as my teacher before. Several times, in fact. That was my life (and the death of my social life) all throughout junior high and high school. But I’ve never been the parent with a child as my student before. At least, not in a classroom setting.
It was fun. I enjoyed getting to see Trey’s class from the inside out. And with two girls being absent, the ratio wasn’t too far off of the class I had my second year of teaching: 13 boys and 4 girls. Despite the overbalance of pre-pubescent testosterone, the mix works and the class seems to get along really well. I had no major discipline problems, and the day ran very smoothly. It was a district assessment day so I got to put on my “mean teacher” hat and be a strict disciplinarian. They worked on the assessment, had P.E., did AR (self-directed reading) time, watched a movie, had lunch and recess, and I read two chapters of their read-aloud. Yeah, it was a tough day. I caught up in my Bible study, wrote notes, and did a lot of thumb-twiddling. Good thing I didn’t have my laptop or I would have spent the day glued to Facebook.
After my tough day of teaching, I’m glad for a quiet night to relax and unwind. Some wonderful friends from the preschool at McKinney Fellowship are bringing us dinner (grilled salmon, veggies, and salad with strawberries for dessert!), and the kids are going to Parent’s Night Out through Club 360, so it will be a truly relaxing night for us…no cooking, no cleaning, no kids. I like the sounds of that.
I’m jealous!