Overview

Today was my first day at a school. In London. By myself. I'm sure you can all guess how it went. I managed to keep my cool and not scream at the children but OMG was I ever tempted to. I have to tell someone and since certain people are not home when I think they should be or on Skype when I think they should be, you get to hear first! (Just fyi-the when I think they should be part is me thinking we are in the same time zones when we aren't.) I'm taking it as a learning experience. The kids weren't horrible horrible, just horrible. If that makes sense.

So here was my day in a nutshell!

Pros:

• All my students called me Miss and I loved it!
• When they listened they did well
• A little girl made me a picture, which I then left at the school! SHOOT!
• Nicole and Danielle were with me in the same school so I wasn't completely by myself.
• Nicole also had a class from hell.
• The aides, one in particular was very helpful and I am very grateful, Thanks Irene! (Cuz you know she's going to read this)
• There were only two instances of physical violence (A boy punched a girl in the stomach right after coming in from recess and another boy smacked a different boy on the head with his bookbag)
• The teacher from next door came over and talked to me which was nice
• I got to teach about circuits! I like teaching!
• I got to walk to the school
  

Middle:

• I was told they were a good class, which made me feel really bad about my teaching abilities then I was told at the end of the day that they were awful
  

Cons:

• I've never had to yell at a class that much EVER!
  
• Every time they listened when I asked them to stop talking, they started up again!
• I had to repeat myself six hundred times
• I tried reading them a book to bribe them into behaving and they just went right back to being loud and noisy and rude.
• School got out at 3:10, I didn't leave school till 4:15 because of all the marking I had to do.